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b'Originally from Miami, FL 1st generation Cuban-AmericanMother born in Cuba Athlete and high school social butterfly Husband to GabyMarried at 19 yrs old Father to 2 teenagersBrianna 14 Caiden 13 Cecilia \\u2013 Coming in Aug Joined Marines Corps in 2004 (18 yrs old)Deployed to East Asia Electrician on helicopters Joined Air Force in 2012Flight Engineer Deployed to Middle East in 14\\u2019 Flew over 18 missions to Afghanistan Spent over 12 years in Aeronautics Traveled to 23 countries Fluent in 3 languagesEnglish Spanish Sarcasm Suicide Attempt SurvivorIn 2001 my parents went through a bad time with one another. The arguments got bad and my mom finally threw my father out of the home that year. During that time I lost the ability to play basketball due to terrible grades. For me Basketball was my form of expression and my therapy. When it was taken away, I hit a real bad point. Obviously perspective is huge in life, as a 15 yr old it felt that everything was caving in and felt the only way out was not being here. I\\u2019m thankful the rifle never went off and believe that there was higher calling for me. Since then I\\u2019ve dedicated myself to sharing my raw truth with the hopes of empowering others to do the same. These stories have become so tainted and looked at as non-shareable content, but honestly.. It\\u2019s time to quit that. Our truths aka our story, shouldn\\u2019t be frowned upon. We all come from different paths with similar rest stops and that\\u2019s where connection really flourishes.'