Sometimes life takes you on a detour and you don’t end up where you planned on going at the beginning of your journey… That I can say was very true for my experience that led me to becoming the CEO of Protection America, Inc., a premier security guard service serving all over Southern California. Growing up my passion was medicine and in college I was a Pre-Med student majoring in Psychology with my sights set on going to medical school and some day becoming a doctor. Where my dream and reality came to a cross road started in college when I began working as a security officer at an apartment building during my freshman year. As every college student, I was struggling financially so I decided to get my guard card and do some part time work as a security guard. I quickly elevated within the security company and began distinguishing myself from my peers, all while still maintaining 19 units a semester, volunteering at the schools health center and studying for the MCAT. Before I knew it, I climbed up the ladder from a security officer, to a field supervisor and then Operations Manager. It was during this phase as an Operations Manager that things shifted for me and I began seeing the business side of things in this particular industry. By this time I was in my final year of college and preparing to graduate from CSUN to then pursue my medical career. The summer after graduating I decided I would explore the business world first before fully committing to another 6-8 years of school. 2 years later I decided I was going to pursue entrepreneurship and I opened Protection America, Inc. I never looked back and the rest is history.