Brick by Brick

According to the Office of Minority Health Compared to their white counterparts, African Americans are generally at higher risk for heart diseases, stroke, cancer, asthma, influenza and pneumonia, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS. 

Along with poor eating habits due to poverty and Inadequate physical inactivity it has increasingly been recognized as a leading cause of mobility problems and early mortality in the world for people of color.

The low rate of physical activity among African Americans is further linked to chronic diseases and more risks that lead up to metal health issues. Mental health is the Big brother to Physical Health, the two go hand and hand. I would like to fight to solve most if not all of these problems by providing opportunities and an environment that will allow people who look like me a chance at life. Most children of color aren’t taught to take care of your bodies mentally nor physically to prevent health problems in the future, but if you’re able to develop these habits at an early age it then becomes a lifestyle. The only physical activity that is presented to our youth is Football or Basketball. I would like to promote other forms of physical activity that is suitable to the body and mind, starting at the core of the foundation, and showing and providing new forms and ideas brick by brick.

My main focus is to change the outlook of a community that looks like me and provide a healthy more sustainable environment that will allow people of color to live a healthier lifestyle outside of the ones presented to us. 

Educate and promote health and fitness to the people of color as well as make it a routine that will eventually become a lifestyle for better chance at health. 

My solution will include plans and ways to give back to my community physically, by providing assessments, meal plans, as well as fitness plans tailored to the specific needs of the individuals. I would like to show people of Color and all ages ranging from my Seasoned individuals to middle aged down to my youth, that being healthy is not only fun but will also add YEARS on to your life, because we all know that health is wealth.

My team is very small but BIG at heart. I have been able to assist small groups of individuals for years now, however I’m only able to assist so many at one time due to lack of space. So my range of individuals that I am able to assist has been limited  at moment. Pre-Covid I was renting a space and I was able to cater to so many students from the local schools. I was able to volunteer my services to the youth who couldn’t afford to pay, but in their words they needed me. I rehabbed multiple elders who had suffered past injuries. While Covid was still active I then went virtual to a lot of my clients for a while So I won’t limit myself completely to the potential amount of growth in people I could help change. I have set goals for me and my team to change the community and environment around me. I will continue to do so because I believe in setting examples of what health looks like.

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Growing up in a black family I was not presented with the understanding of what mental of physical health looked like so was later injured and had no medical insurance to help me with this injury so it was left to heal improperly and caused me issues later in my life. I begin my self rehabilitation journey as an adult and then pursued Mobility and Strength Training. I am in the best shape I’ve ever been in to date. So this is PERSONAL. Being a person of color also limits you to any financial literacy because it isn’t always taught in the household nor the classroom and being a minority it is very hard to seek assistance from local banks or financial advisors. So everything I have put into my organization came from self and I’m grateful I have been able to maintain my business this long. Covid played a huge part in my decrease but I would like to progress in a way I have yet to see. By leaving my home garage and into a larger space and also creating an App to cater to people around the country near and far. Or even to the disabled who are unable to access my facility. My greater purpose for my application is not only for monetary reasons, I would like help with help with the Technical Development as well as the organizational structure of managing a lager space and team. My skills have improved over the years however I feel that in order to grow there comes a great deal of responsibility and I’m not ashamed to say that I would like support in that area.