AS I MAKE MY RETURN TO THE CREATIVE SPACE AFTER A FIVE-YEAR PIVOT INTO LIFE COACHING, I CAN’T HELP BUT REFLECT ON MY JOURNEY. WHEN I LOOK BACK, I’M FILLED WITH GRATITUDE FOR kimkardashian , foodgod , willontiverostv , nextmodels, AND arpr.agency FOR HELPING MAKE MY CREATIVE DREAMS POSSIBLE. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS HOMELESS, WALKING THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES WITH NOTHING. THEN, ALMOST OVERNIGHT, I FOUND MYSELF SHOOTING AT milkstudio WITH nextmodelstalent . BEFORE LONG, I WAS PHOTOGRAPHING CELEBRITIES FOR MY OWN MAGAZINE. THOSE OPPORTUNITIES CHANGED MY LIFE. PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME, “WHY DID YOU WALK AWAY?” THE TRUTH IS... I DIDN’T WALK AWAY. I MADE A PEACEFUL PIVOT. I FELT CALLED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WERE WHERE I ONCE WAS. PEOPLE WHO FELT HOPELESS, ALONE, AND LIKE THEY HAD NOWHERE LEFT TO TURN. THAT CALLING LED ME INTO LIFE COACHING, WHICH EVENTUALLY LED ME TO WORKING IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, HELPING PEOPLE REBUILD THEIR LIVES. I DID THAT WORK QUIETLY AND IN PRIVATE. I REGRET...