Coach Bill / Dad, Entrepreneur Special Educator, American Political Scientist, Writer, Musician.

Creating a mission with a goal that moves you from the inside out is the first step in launching an endeavor. After that, having the wherewithal to move on multiple fronts daily doing small and big actions, including caring for your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health is key to keeping you firing on all cylinders over the long-run. In this essay I include some pointers on what to look out for as well as perspectives which can be taken into account as you go forth. The exploration of how to maneuver amongst commercial and political forces of influence on the  local, national and international level are addressed, as is the mindset needed to power through over time. To begin with, as you continue to plow forward in a worthwhile endeavor of a political nature, you will find that the attention of many will begin to be directed to you. Many of these, will in some form or fashion, work in concert with different political organizations looking to maintain and mov...

Oscar Romero, child of God Setting time aside once a month to give back to one’s community where it is needed is an exercise in humility and gratitude which is not forgotten by one’s heart and mind. Does serving one’s community strengthen our cognitive skills, such as our executive function abilities? Is community service therapeutic for one’s heart of hears? 2.  How can parents organically do this with their family? My late-fathers congregation does something special once a month in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. At sundown they go and feed people who are down and out. Some are local, some are from the U.S. mainland, mostly all are homeless,  heroin drug addicts  and the down and out that roam the cobble-stone streets of the city show up. Built over five hundred years ago, the walled-in and fortified city holds the seat of the islands government and preeminence as the epicenter of the island’s culture. The youth skateboard area is not far in ‘Bal...

The older we get the harder it is to change our ways. Our ways form mental habits complete with brain circuitry, like roads which facilitate our thinking patterns. These can be changed and the younger we are, the more apt our mental flexibility is, allowing us to change the course of our habits like pivoting on a dime. Setbacks on the road to bring about real change in our life can stem from lack of clarity of purpose, low physical energy, inadequate support by family and community and a non-serving attitude which toughens our hearts against instilling lasting positive changes. ………………………………… Recently, I have been asked what I do for a living many times. I give my generic, surface answers… I am a Special Educator, I am an artist, an Executive Function Skills Coach and co-founder and teacher in a skateboard company start-up. I am then asked what kind of art I make, to which I reply, I create dance videos which are focused at changing the way special education i...