Passion Project

Starting in 2019, I became heavily involved within child psychology and the youth community. Over the years I have worked in family programming, community service, and now social work.

I love what I do around photography and am fulfilled with the work that I do instilling hope and strength for the future generations to hold.

The biggest achievement out of my photography is to be able to allow the work that I do to fund independent projects. I aim to film documentaries within the youth communities about developmental growth, systemic problems, cultural issues, and mental health.

Impassioned with the hopes of a better altruistic society and my endless creativity, I believe that I will have a great story to tell/show the world. The ultimate passion project would be combining my two worlds of being involved within the community and my creativity.

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Foundations

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

I am a big advocate for mental health. For the past nine years or so, I've been self-teaching along with sharing with others the many ways on the development of the body, mind and spirit together with taking things day by day. Heavily playing a role in my life, I’ve learned there is strength in vulnerability. I’m entering my fifth year being apart of the AFSP ( American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ) to raise awareness on the many ways we, as people, can better the odds and end the stigma of national suicide.

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Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence

I started my journey with WRC ( The Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence ) in 2019 with their summer program called Camp Peace. I fell in love with the work and communities we served and now work as an advocate for the children and family programs. The Women's Resource Center services range from emergency housing, legal advocacy, support groups, community education, and more.

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Camp P.E.A.C.E

Since 2019, I have been working with a local nonprofit summer program for the youth community that suffers from domestic violence and sexual abuse. This is an 8 week camp to build resilience offers a mix of social-emotional learning along with fun summer camp activities all while promoting tolerance, impartiality, empathy, self-compassion and compassion for others. Our goal is to inspire, educate and motivate children and teens affected by domestic violence to dream outside of what they have seen and begin to discover new aspirations, and talents.

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Thank You

Thank you to you all for taking the time out to understand the causes I stand by and the future projects I plan to create. There is so much more we can do for our comminutes and empower in the fluidity of art.

Powerful Quotes

Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy.

-JR