It all started in west side Alexandria, VA USA, I was raised by my father as a single parent. My mother died when I was 14 months old, killed by a drunk driver. My father wanted to make sure I still grew up experiencing the love of a strong family. He grew up with three brothers, which created a feeling of brotherly love between me and my dad. As a young kid my family environment was very positive, even though my mother died when I was a baby. With my father being a self made executive, he had to travel more than the average parent. I grew up with my grandmother, on my dads side, raising me as well as my younger half brother‘s mother. My half brother‘s mother showed me a maternal motherly side that I had lost out on. She was also a big part of my childhood. I was raised in a family oriented environment, whenever I was with my grandmother we were always with my family. We spent summers going to cook outs with my cousins, sleepovers, movies, parks.


I started actively playing basketball when I hit my early teens, as a way to work through some of my feelings of loss. I still hadn‘t fully dealt with losing my mother especially at such a young age. I played in AAU, which is the Amateur Athletic Union, and also for my school, Browne Academy. All my friends were playing and I thought it would be fun. Being a pretty good basketball player at my age, a lot of opportunities arose. I was asked by several teams to play for them and my team won 4th in the nation for ages 14 and under in AAU.


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