Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Victor Manuel de la Mora Patiño. Victor is an alumni of the Ever Forward Club, and, in addition to sharing their masks and reflecting on old times, Victor fills Ashanti with immense pride as he tells Ashanti how he is applying the mentoring principles he has learned from the Ever Forward Club. As the CEO of his own architecture firm, Victor uses his experience with the Ever Forward Club to mentor the next generation of young people in Mexico.

(1:36) Ashanti’s introduction.

(5:35) Victor introduces himself, his profession, his interests, what it was like having Ashanti as a teacher.

(11:25) Victor shares what it’s like being a father - what he loves about fatherhood, how technology sucks children into devices that curb their imagination, and what it means to break free from the “chains” that may exist from the experiences and habits of prior generations.

(16:50) Victor shares the front of his mask - friendly, responsible, confident. Ashanti shares the front of his mask - serious, funny, hard working.

(20:52) Victor shares the back of his mask - scared to fail, anxiety, depression. He explains how having a child, and separating with the mother of the child, has affected what’s on the back of his mask.

(27:10) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - fear of failure, sadness, trauma. Ashanti and Victor discuss how the back of the mask impacted Ashanti’s teaching, and how Ashanti applied pressure to members of the Ever Forward Club. Victor shares how this shifted his perspective on what defines success.

(38:15) Victor compares the masculinity in the United States with the “machismo” of Mexico, and he tells a story about a young man he is mentoring on his construction site.

(44:15) Ashanti and Victor continue discussing how planting seeds in a young person’s mind can lead to change down the road. Victor tells Ashanti how he helped his cousin get out of a life involved with gangs and drugs. Ashanti shares how he feels the same way about the college trips to LA that he would organize for students.

(49:30) Victor shares some last words for the listeners, and how you can follow him.

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Connect with Victor de la Mora:

Instagram: instagram.com/morarq_

Instagram: .instagram.com/vmdelamora

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