“Most  of  you  don’t  want  Success  as  much  as  you  want  to  sleep!”    

–  Eric  Thomas  

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My  plan in life was  to  try  my  hardest  to  play  football  at  a  professional  level  that  was  my  ulWmate  dream.  

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I  learned  that  if  you  want  to  be  the  best  in  your  sport  you  have  to work harder  than  everyone  else.  

I  became  MVP  in  my  Sophomore  year  of  high  school  and  received  other  awards  as  well.  

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I  took  the  SAT’s  to  get  into  a  4  year  University.  

Life  had  different  plans for me.  

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I  tore  my  lat  muscle  all  the  way  to  my  gluteus  medius  during  pracWce  and  also  received  5  pinched  nerves  in  my  lower  back.    My  football  career  was  done.  

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Afer  I  was  hurt  and  my  football  career  was  over  I  was  more  interested  in  graffiW  art.  

I  only  received  one  leCer  from  several  colleges  that  I  applied  for  and  it  was  a  rejection leCer  Oregon  University.  

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Photo  by:  Benjamin  Medina  

 

I  fell  in  love  with  graffiW  art  and  its  culture  and  the  power  it  can  convey  to  people.    

I  had  no  idea  what  to  do  with  my  life  everything  was  not  going  as  I  planned.  

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I  decided  to  work  in  the  fields  to  save  up  money    

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Afer  coming  home  from  work  one  day  I  was  watching  “Miami  Ink”  and  saw  a  former  graffiW  arWst  that  turned  into  a  digital  designer.    That  had  me  thinking about my future.  

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I  researched  the  top  computer  graphics  school  in  America  and  found  Full  Sail  University.  

I  had  family  members  telling  me  it  was  a  bad  idea  and  that  I  wouldn’t  make  it.    

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My  mom  was  happy  for  me,  but  was  also  sad  because  I  was  moving  far  away.  

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Before  I  lef  my  dad  told  me  to  stay  here  and  go  to  school  locally  and  pursue  a  different degree.  

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I  finally  lef  for  college  to  start  a  new  part  of  my  life.  

Learned  how  to  model  and  create  unimaginable things.  

Learned  how  to  create  emotion  with  using  lights  

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I’m  9  months  away  from  graduaWng  and  being  the  first  in  my  family  to  graduate  with  a  college  degree.  

Success  to  me  means  achieving  and  fulfilling  the  goals  you  set  out  for  yourself  no  maCer  how  long  it  takes  big  or  small.    

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Afer  all  the  pyramids  weren’t  built  in  one  day.  

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