WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.111 the bulk of my growing up happened in 00:02.111 --> 00:04.333 Miami florida and that's when I started 00:04.333 --> 00:06.500 to fall in love with music . My dad uh 00:06.500 --> 00:08.444 was a drummer still as a drummer , 00:08.444 --> 00:10.667 still has , it still has a drum set and 00:10.667 --> 00:12.840 I I gravitated towards music at a very 00:12.850 --> 00:16.210 early age . It was at around 00:16.220 --> 00:18.080 14 that I moved to sacramento 00:18.080 --> 00:21.660 California where I played the drums and 00:21.670 --> 00:23.800 did a marching band with the Bella 00:23.800 --> 00:26.750 vista high school marching band . I 00:26.750 --> 00:29.940 joined the Marine Corps in 2008 , saw 00:29.940 --> 00:31.940 my friends going in and and what it 00:31.940 --> 00:34.170 meant to them and I wanted to do 00:34.170 --> 00:36.059 something as far as service to my 00:36.059 --> 00:38.540 country with the skill set that I had . 00:38.550 --> 00:40.640 I'm a percussionist , I'm a musician 00:40.650 --> 00:44.100 and I got to play with a world class 00:44.100 --> 00:46.720 organization in the common on zone and 00:46.720 --> 00:49.280 I was there from 2008 and e A . S in 00:49.290 --> 00:53.210 2012 in october miss it very dearly 00:53.220 --> 00:55.276 and still have a lot of friends that 00:55.276 --> 00:57.220 are still in it as well . So I'm a 00:57.220 --> 00:59.276 first year teacher this year , I did 00:59.276 --> 01:01.387 some student teaching last year and I 01:01.387 --> 01:03.609 got my undergrad degree from Sacramento 01:03.609 --> 01:05.831 State through the G . I . Bill . So I I 01:05.831 --> 01:08.053 got out of my undergrad , all thanks to 01:08.053 --> 01:10.164 the Marine Corps and the main mission 01:10.164 --> 01:09.560 of the Marine Corps from what I 01:09.560 --> 01:11.671 understand when I was in is trying to 01:11.671 --> 01:13.727 just make better human beings . I've 01:13.727 --> 01:15.940 always had that mantra in my head of 01:15.940 --> 01:17.996 just trying to become a better human 01:17.996 --> 01:20.107 being . I just want to pay it forward 01:20.107 --> 01:22.107 to , you know , future marines that 01:22.107 --> 01:24.218 also want to go through the same type 01:24.218 --> 01:24.780 of training that I went through as well .