Coleman Ruiz

Thank you.

Very excited to see you.

Okay, I'll bring us up to seventh grade because I would say that was probably the first big inflection point in my life.

I was born in New Orleans in a suburb called New Orleans East, we call it.

And I have an older sister, two younger brothers.

My dad was a welder.

My mom was a dental assistant.

And we had a couple of boxers and dogs.

And we had a very modest, very modest upbringing.

I won't overdramatize it, but, you know, admittedly, you know, sometimes we got cheese from the lady across the street who didn't want her welfare cheese.

And it was one of those, you know, I could tell my parents were fighting for every nickel.

And but it was great.

I mean, my cousin grew up across the street from me.

He's exactly my age.

We had that at least some of my memory, Andrew, of it was it was very pleasant.

I learned later that you forget a lot of things in your childhood that were unpleasant.

But my initial memories when I started thinking about this kind of thing and, you know, as you and I have discussed, getting professional help and you start to learn a little bit more about your childhood.

But I remember it being very pleasant.

You know, we've...

You've told me about your background in skateboarding and stuff.