Our founder’s passion for working in the foster system started in 2020 when connecting a difficult physical task to a fundraising event. The connection with the Heart Gallery of Tampa catapulted his desire to hone in the grit and use it for the good of others.
He connected a difficult feat to a worthy cause. The following year, he asked others to participate as a community. This concept was entertaining and inspirational for the hundreds who watched him and his team climb Mt. Everest’s height equivalency on foot and a bike. Check it out. He is doing it again, and you can help #TIMETALENTORTOKEN
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Our founder has over 18 years of experience in emergency medical services, specializing in physical and emotional trauma. He served as a Suicide prevention and transport clinician, a Firefighter Paramedic, and later a Special Warfare PJ for the USAF. In addition, he has spent the last decade as an ultra-distance endurance athlete.
On August 3rd, 2022, while promoting an event of his own, he was attacked by a 12-foot alligator and received nationwide coverage. He wrestled the beast into submission, placing it in a state of tonic immobility. He swam away from the animal before it realized what had happened and climbed onto a dock 4 feet above, treading water. Despite suffering from a fractured temporal lobe, shattered mandible, and 3-inch deep lacerations to his head, face, and chest, he knew what needed to get done at the moment. Still, later, after a massive brain infection (Staphylococcal meningitis), temporal skull replacement, and complete jaw reconstruction, he understood the purpose of it all.
This event won an Emmy for one of the many documentaries that aired on national television. Over 20 million views on multiple platforms and endless hours of interviewing around the world allowed his fear of being in front of a camera to grow into a strength he plans to use for the good of others.
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If the promotional video were not for his company event in 2022, it would instead be for his not-for-profit in 2024, aiming to help others with practical training to cope with their own alligator stories—the Birth of Nurturing Resilience.
