Passionate Storyteller. Buffalo Content Creator. Professional Hype Man.I’m a 27 year old On-Air Personality/Producer in Buffalo, NY. I love telling stories of my hometown and the inspiring people/businesses that make Buffalo the City of Good Neighbors.***The rest of my bio is semi-outdated (written in January 2021), but I'm sure there's someone out there who needs to read something like it.***One thing I’ve learned early on in my career, is that the challenges you face have many forms. Sometimes they’re rapidly approaching deadlines, new responsibilities, and sometimes they’re within yourself. I moved away from my hometown of Buffalo, NY in May of 2019. About two weeks before I graduated from the University at Buffalo, I accepted what I thought was my dream job. It combined my passion of filmmaking and creating digital content with the valuable knowledge in Business Marketing I absorbed at UB.Fast forward nearly two years and we’re in the midst of a pandemic, and I’m six and a half hours (on a good day) away from the city I grew up loving, living in my girlfriend’s parents’ basement. I’ll never take for granted their love and how they welcomed me into their home, but the state of the world and the social media fatigue from constantly posting about COVID-19 and all the horrific events of last year (for work of course), along with being stuck in unfamiliar territory that I can’t explore… it wore on me. The nature of my work compounded with the state of the world was too much for me to handle, and I resigned from my position to focus on myself. Do I regret it? Absolutely not. I’m in the best place mentally that I’ve been since high school, and I’m eager to step into my next role and contribute to whatever company I’m lucky enough to represent. I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve had my battles with mental health and I feel like I’ve conquered them. Unfortunately, this came at the expense of stepping away from the job that I left home for. In college, they told us not to get too personal in our LinkedIn bios, but the biggest thing I value in a potential employer is their culture. And if this quick look into who I am is a dealbreaker for you, we just might not be a good fit.***If you feel like you might need to leave your current position to focus on yourself, my DMs are open. It's an impossible situation to navigate by yourself.***