Mexican American located in Southern California, educator for about 6 years and transitioned into full time mental health counselor. Grad school student pursuing Master's in Psychology. Published author with book 2 in development and book 3 in draft stage. Mental health advocate and emphasizing self-care. Grew up in Gateway Cities exposed to gang culture by family and friends, explored the values that came with resilience, education and in turn having a hand in changing people's lives for the better by finding resources to housing and other roles such as art, counselor, behavior technician for kids with autism, and reelance brand developer/creative. Topics; Views on shrooms/adaptogens/entheogens/cannabis and call to action for BIPOC leaders entering the space, male mental health, and resilience, music, arts, creativity, school, future of cannabis assisted therapy, and other psychedelic-assisted therapies, future works.