I feel normal, physically and mentally, just like you and everybody out there.
You know, but in reality, between 85% and 90% of my body is burned.
And self-acceptance is big.
People got to learn that.
I am a burn survivor.
And my tragedy happened when I was three years old.
An infant.
Most kids, they get burned at a young, young age.
They don’t survive at all.
And I survived the fire, by the help of God for one.
And two, my grandfather was there at the time so he kind of helped me, you know, survive.
You know, and I feel like if he wasn’t there then I wouldn’t be here.
He risked his life to save mine.
He died in the hospital.
The fire burned 85% of my body.
Shred all my clothes.
When the fire burned me it kind of demolished my left leg, you know.
As you can see I’m wearing a prosthetic.
My fingers are kind of like deformed, it’s stuck like this.
I sometimes wish I hadn’t gone through that.
But then again, every challenge you have in your life is there for a reason.
You know, to make you stronger.
I feel like if I hadn’t gone through what I’ve gone through, I wouldn’t be the guy that I am today.
After my accident, my grandmother was the one that took me in.
And you know, she was like a second mom to me.
So she helped me through every challenge and helped me overcome the stuff like that.
I love to dance and I feel like it’s like I get away from anything like overthinking, you know.
Or I’m trying to like clear my mind and stuff like that and it also increases my happiness.
Is he a good dancer? Yeah. He is a good dancer.
He looks like he like enjoy it.
Having fun like everyone else.
So when we all come together, collaborate together no matter what.
I’ve never been bullied physically, but on social media, yes I have been bullied.
It’s so easy for people to say whatever they want to say on social media.
As I got older, I learned like that’s the world we live in.
You know that’s how our society is.
People are going to judge regardless of what you do.
It doesn’t matter.
But you know, I don’t take it serious like that because everybody gets judged. Like everybody.
Nobody is perfect.
Nothing can embarrass unless you let it embarrass you.
Social media is a way for you to express yourself, how you feel.
I just use it as a platform to like inspire people.
Break barriers, set new grounds to show people, physically you can do anything.
You may never know who you are inspiring.
You know, and you may never know who is looking up to you.
So I feel like that keeps me motivated, keeps me going.
I’m at a place right now in my life where
I’m just trying to be more open with people.
Just to challenge myself.
And I’ve also learned like not to compare yourself to others.
Because the only person that you should be in comparison is yourself.
Beauty doesn’t mean to have like a pretty handsome face.
Because if you have like a consistent mind, a dope heart and a beautiful soul, that’s beautiful.