2010 June

If you were to ask me what makes a leader I’ll tell you what others leaders might say. A leader is somebody who can influence positive change. Anyone who follows a leader does so because they trust that leader can bring about change. When it comes to the Hispanic youth market, the same is true. Hispanics turn to leaders who can bring change to their lives or their community. Whenever I address an audience I clearly make it known that my life is committed to influencing young people in a positive...

This is an exciting week for me. I have the priveledge of speaking to Hispanic teenagers in McAllen, TX on Friday June 25, 2010. The event coordinator said that they are expecting 700-900 Hispanic students. This is exciting to me because I thoroughly enjoy spending time with young people who care about making positive decisions. The conference is being put on my a company called Workforce Solutions. They have several locations around Texas but the one hosting the event is located in the valley....

I speak the thousands of Hispanic students every year. The more I talk to them the more I realize that they need motivation. By the time I get in front of students I don’t know where they came from or where they have been. I see students who don’t have a clue as to what awaits them in high school and college if they go. I say if they go because about half of the teens I ask about college say that they don’t know if they will attend. I can understand because some are focused on graduating...

Recently, I was able to speak to a group of kids about bullying. Since the new Karate Kid movie was released over the weekend I used the characters in the movie to explain bullying. The group was made up of school age kids from first grade to fifth grade. It was the first day of summer camp at the recreation center in Fort Worth, TX and the kids were fired up. Some of the kids were excited that I was there to speak to them and lay down the ground rules for the camp and staff. When it comes to young kids...

After having the privilege being able to speak to boys and girls at elementary schools I realized something. After every speech I would have young kids come up to me and ask me for my autograph. I thought this was so sweet because you see these kids in the crowd and you don’t think they are listening but they do. I have thing little saying where I say, I know the answer, I know the answer. And I do a little dance and the kids just laugh because it’s funny. Well that is what they remember...