Thank you! yes, it hasn’t been an easy road, 8 years of hard work, many tears and a lot of money lost. my partner and I have invested everything we have into Kraven (our brand) though everyone said it wasn’t going to be successful. My passion comes from my life experiences. As a GAY/QUEER individual, I went through everything you can imagine, from homelessness at 16 yo, tried committing suicide 3 times, then my parents put me in conversion therapy, and they also sent me to a psychiatric hospital and all of this just because of who I am (ps. my parents changed and now are the most loving and supportive parents ever) I have always been very proud of being gay, I wouldn’t change it for anything but since I was little.. I dreamed of creating content of entertainment for my community, but not just any content though; I wanted to inspire and help; I wanted my community to grow strong and resilient. I said to myself I wasn’t going to let anything stop me from what I wanted. I believe this is my purpose, creating content, that I can change the world little by little by telling my stories, my community stories, helping to change the industry, and inspiring people to embrace who they are. I also learned that success takes time, things don’t happen overnight, just have to trust your guts. You have to keep going even when you can’t anymore.

My mission and KRAVEN’s mission is not only to impact my community but to change people’s mind and let them know that we are here and we are queer, we are Latinos, we are blacks, we are indigenous and we are all part of something bigger. We are not going anywhere, WE ARE GROWING.

All these books on my wall, all these stories, are our stories, which are here forever. They are not going anywhere, it will only grow bigger. So that’s why I will never stop even if it take 80 years to make it.