It was hard growing up without a father figure whose responsibility is to show you how to properly lead, provide and protect your loved ones. As a result, I had to glean from men who I either read about or were on TV. However, I quickly learned that it wasn't enough just to read about and watch role models on TV, I needed someone in-person I could connect with; but I had no one. So from middle-school and high-school I gave up and just followed the crowd and did what my admin and teachers told me to do trusting their judgement.

One day in during my last semester of college, I came to the realization that I was nothing more than a teenager (mindset) with a grown-mans body and will end up like most of my peers if I continued playing video games and watching TV all day. So I decided to go back to my roots of searching out how to become the father figure I was searching for in my early years and made a internal decision regardless of the outcome of my search that if I couldn't find one, then I'll become one.

So I kept reading, studying the characteristics and mindsets of who I believe are the best leaders of the past and present and started putting the things I've learned into practice. However, somewhere during this journey I began to be reminded that there are others who either have or have had similar or worst backgrounds and it's even starting to be considered "normal" in the inner cities. As a result, I felt as though I shouldn't be pursuing this endeavor alone.

With this in mind, on top of society's attack on masculinity increasing by the day, I decided to make it my life-long mission to help males grow-up from being boys (physically, mentally and spiritually) into mature men they were Biblically born to be; real role models for the next generation and not what the "world" says they should be.

I truly believe that within every male, there is a natural born leader, provider and protector and if you are a male reading this, then that is YOU.