The Gaming Advisor

Happy Father’s Day y’all! Grateful to be able to spend time with my dad and sis this weekend 🥰

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Today we had the opportunity to visit the San Antonio Spurs Impact Center as part of the work beginning through the SPC / Spurs Partnership for Equitable Career Pathways funded by the NBA Foundation.

Being able to help write and now help lead implementation of this initiative is something I’m extremely proud of. This work is about more than events or programming.

It’s about building real pathways for young people across San Antonio to connect education, career readiness, leadership development, and workforce opportunities.

Excited to continue collaborating with Spurs Sports & Entertainment, the NBA Foundation, and our incredible partners at St. Philip's College as we work to serve 3,500 youth ages 14–24 through this initiative.

A lot of work ahead, but today was a strong reminder of the impact this partnership can make.

Also, Spurs in 7

Had an amazing weekend connecting with scholastic and university esport leads from across the county, as 17 states were represented at the Forge Scholastic Esports Championship!

My boys had a great time hanging out with me on Championship Sunday too 🥰

Looking forward to following up with the connections made this weekend to help enhance the esports ecosystem at SPC and across San Antonio!

Photo dump to catch yall up on a super busy semester! This just catch up from my full-time job and isn’t even counting the side projects I’m working on as TheGamingAdvisor 😭

📸1-2: Helping to establish a relationship with as we plan for the inaugural Workforce Development Place-Based Training at the end of April!

📸3: Growing the program and currently going through our first officer election cycle.

📸4: Opening remarks from our VP for Academic Success at our 3rd Annual Allied Construction & Trades Symposium, where over 300 students learned from industry pros on upcoming trends and technologies to prepare for in their fields.

📸5: Our bi-annual Aircraft Technician Career Fair, where over 100 students got to establish relationships with potential employers and learn how to maximize their potential for career success by the time they graduate.

📸6-9: Gained professional connections and insights at the North American Manufacturing Expo & Summit that I plan to bring back to help our faculty incorporate them into their classrooms and experiential learning projects.

📸10-14: meeting hosted by where we strategized ways to enhance the talent pipeline for Life, Health, and Biomedical Sciences while enticing potential employers that could bring more opportunities to make Sam Antonio a national hub for life saving research and development!

Still ALOT to do before the end of the semester but looking forward to the challenge. It’ll all be worth it to see hard work and planning g come to fruition!