Professionally, I look at Tyler Perry as a role model. One person that I am proud of is Barack Obama. He has set an excellent example for Black men to follow. In my family, I am most proud of my siblings, a set of triplets. Two of them just graduated, and the last sibling, my brother, is on the verge of graduating. They accomplished something that I was not able to accomplish growing up.

If I can invite one person to dinner, it would be Martin Luther King. I would ask him about the origin of his ‘turn the other cheek’ approach. When I am not at Fathers’ UpLift, I am pipe fitting and growing my career.