I’ve worn several hats over the years. I’ve been a director and producer, I’ve been an actor, a writer, I’ve managed restaurants and cafes, start-ups and vintage shops, but at my core I’m a southern boy who was raised on military bases for the first part of his life. My first perception of life was that it came with a variety of people from different backgrounds and views. My parents and I were friends with all sorts of people with various cultural upbringings of their own. It wasn’t until high school that I began to understand that the world outside of that bubble, the real world, was actually filled with a history of systems designed to use our differences against us.

“If you aren’t this then you must be that and therefore beneath the rest of us.”

I’ve spent a lot of my younger years hiding from that realization, running from it when it dared to rear its nasty head again. I got pretty good at it, too. Avoiding situations that made me uncomfortable or aided in me feeling like a deviant because of who I was or wasn’t, ended up being a way of life for me. However, the thing about discomfort and anxiety is that they don’t stay away because we ignored them. They always show up again in another form. Stronger than before from our avoidance.

"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors." - African Proverb



“If we want to get better at anything it’s crucial to understand it.” - Me



Our history as a species has had several heinous atrocities that the powers that be have done to marginalized people. This country has contributed to that fact several times over. The Aids epidemic was one of our most disgraceful and profound acts.
Accepting and understanding that can feel overwhelming and even impossible to overcome, until you realize that you’re not alone. All of the powerful change for the better that has happened in this country has been because people were reminded of the power of organized movements. The might of many can move mountains of ignorance and evaporate oceans of despair. If I ever question or doubt the importance of education and community, a visit to the National Aids Memorial Grove reinvigorates my resolve every time. Hundreds of people have volunteered their time and efforts to maintain that peaceful haven in the name of the thousands of people lost because of the negligence of those in government who chose to ignore their jobs to support and protect all of its people.



It’s only together that the necessary steps towards equity as a nation and a planet have been and will be made. It’s only together that we’ll continue to learn from our past so that we can thrive in a future where we all can be stronger, not in spite of, but because of who we were in our darkest moments. I adore humans, we are some incredible beings that have shown time and time again that when darkness dares to show itself we use it as fuel to shine our collective light and eradicate that ignorance because Love is an inevitability that’s always been the answer.

I walk because sometimes Light shines better in movement, the more momentum the brighter the change.


I am both thrilled and grateful for this opportunity to team up with my co-chair Alegria and Aids Walk San Francisco to help support and inspire all of the individuals and organizations committed to ensuring care to those living with HIV/Aids and to educate those who understand that the truth of where we were is the only way to create a secure path for us all towards a glowing tomorrow.