1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,111 the bulk of my growing up happened in 2 00:00:02,111 --> 00:00:04,333 Miami florida and that's when I started 3 00:00:04,333 --> 00:00:06,500 to fall in love with music . My dad uh 4 00:00:06,500 --> 00:00:08,444 was a drummer still as a drummer , 5 00:00:08,444 --> 00:00:10,667 still has , it still has a drum set and 6 00:00:10,667 --> 00:00:12,840 I I gravitated towards music at a very 7 00:00:12,850 --> 00:00:16,210 early age . It was at around 8 00:00:16,220 --> 00:00:18,080 14 that I moved to sacramento 9 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:21,660 California where I played the drums and 10 00:00:21,670 --> 00:00:23,800 did a marching band with the Bella 11 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,750 vista high school marching band . I 12 00:00:26,750 --> 00:00:29,940 joined the Marine Corps in 2008 , saw 13 00:00:29,940 --> 00:00:31,940 my friends going in and and what it 14 00:00:31,940 --> 00:00:34,170 meant to them and I wanted to do 15 00:00:34,170 --> 00:00:36,059 something as far as service to my 16 00:00:36,059 --> 00:00:38,540 country with the skill set that I had . 17 00:00:38,550 --> 00:00:40,640 I'm a percussionist , I'm a musician 18 00:00:40,650 --> 00:00:44,100 and I got to play with a world class 19 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:46,720 organization in the common on zone and 20 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,280 I was there from 2008 and e A . S in 21 00:00:49,290 --> 00:00:53,210 2012 in october miss it very dearly 22 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:55,276 and still have a lot of friends that 23 00:00:55,276 --> 00:00:57,220 are still in it as well . So I'm a 24 00:00:57,220 --> 00:00:59,276 first year teacher this year , I did 25 00:00:59,276 --> 00:01:01,387 some student teaching last year and I 26 00:01:01,387 --> 00:01:03,609 got my undergrad degree from Sacramento 27 00:01:03,609 --> 00:01:05,831 State through the G . I . Bill . So I I 28 00:01:05,831 --> 00:01:08,053 got out of my undergrad , all thanks to 29 00:01:08,053 --> 00:01:10,164 the Marine Corps and the main mission 30 00:01:10,164 --> 00:01:09,560 of the Marine Corps from what I 31 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,671 understand when I was in is trying to 32 00:01:11,671 --> 00:01:13,727 just make better human beings . I've 33 00:01:13,727 --> 00:01:15,940 always had that mantra in my head of 34 00:01:15,940 --> 00:01:17,996 just trying to become a better human 35 00:01:17,996 --> 00:01:20,107 being . I just want to pay it forward 36 00:01:20,107 --> 00:01:22,107 to , you know , future marines that 37 00:01:22,107 --> 00:01:24,218 also want to go through the same type 38 00:01:24,218 --> 00:01:24,780 of training that I went through as well .