A short video trailer composed of first-person testimonials from multiple speakers describing overcoming hardship—poverty, lack of rights, difficulty transitioning from the military, and challenges around sexual identity—and their desire to build better lives, help others, and create supportive communities.
I had a lot of tough experiences when I was a young kid growing up in really extreme poverty.
When I was back home, women didn't have a voice or rights.
Coming out of the military, some people are very prepared. Some people are lost.
I was struggling, man.
I knew I was gay, but I couldn't come out because I was afraid of what would happen.
I felt like I was in a prison. And then I managed to get out.
I wanted a good life for my kids. At some point, I knew there had to be something I could learn to do to provide a better future.
I knew that I could establish some sort of blueprint to help people who came from the kind of community that I grew up in. So, like, for me, it always goes back to wanting more for people.
We have a limited time on this planet, and I want to make sure that people have really incredible experiences in this world.
I have my own life now. I built my own community.
We're family.
We help each other out.
It changed his life. You changed my life.
I made it. I actually pulled it off. And now I need to turn around and build a highway behind me to pass it on, to pay it forward.
