From humble beginnings, a rose born in the concrete. Born in Cedar Rapids, IA to small impoverished family I left my hometown at 20 to start a new life with $275.00 in Austin Texas, learned direct sales and communication skills and started a business selling fragrances and an advertising company called “RISE Enterprise” and built another small company that specialized in direct sales and marketing. In between, I worked for other distributors before getting into political campaigns, I in between ventures a d employers also became a full time independent music artist for 4 years, traveled 20 states and worked campaigns all over the country, and did pop up shows all over California. My background has been very diverse and these days I’ve become very active in my Church, started and built a company in Van Nuys for my employer specializing in selling ADUs and energy efficient products. Now I’m expanding my horizons and welcoming any and all new challenges.