Home: Toledo, OH. Birthplace: Farmington, NM. Profession: Emergency medical technician. Organization: Private Ambulance Services. Significant other: Victoria. Alma mater: University of Toledo (summa cum laude). Languages spoken: English, Spanish.
Current project: Community paramedicine; mobile integrated healthcare (MIH). Recent recognition: Clinical excellence award for outstanding emergency medicine. Latest contribution to others: Bring hospital-level healthcare to all patients out in the field. What’s been your big (or biggest leap)? Changing fields from clinical psychology to emergency medicine. Recent travel or adventure: Study in Southern France this coming fall.
What one word would your closest friend use to describe you? Determined. Moral compass: Would I feel comfortable telling my grandmother about it? How do you define a perfect friendship? A relationship based on truth. What is your greatest joy? Caring for others. What is your greatest fear? Dying with regrets. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Independent investigative journalism.
What book have you repeatedly read? The Albigen Papers, by Richard Rose. What movie have you repeatedly watched? The Last Avatar, by Jay Weidner. Besides your parents, who has had the greatest influence on your life? Activist Mark Passio. What’s the best advice you received growing up? Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. What company or organization do you most admire? Freemasonry. What personal circumstance has had the greatest influence on your life? A near-death experience (NDE) in 2021.
What is your big idea?
Transcending human limitation.
What message do you want to send out into the world? Never lie to yourself. What widely held belief do you reject? The belief that something outside of yourself will save you from yourself. What mega-trend most concerns you? The rising tide of cruelty and violence.
What title would you choose for the movie about your life? Redemption. What actor would you choose to play you in the movie about your life? Timothée Chalamet. What advice would you give your younger self? Be honest; stop fooling yourself. What period in your life would you do differently, if you could? My late teens.
Personal motto: To know, to will, to dare, to keep silent. Favorite quote: “Success is the ability to do what is necessary” (Manly Palmer Hall).
