Adopted into the Cozart family where violence was the language everyone spoke. The fear of the Cozart boys, witnessing abuse, and learning survival at a young age.

Mother's suicide on Earth Day 1988 when I was 8 years old. The morning I knew something was wrong, the aftermath, and being left alone with the people I feared most.

Juvenile detention at 12 over Christmas, running away to Florida at 15, fighting back against an abusive father. The years of surviving without a mother's protection.

At 18, putting my adoptive father in jail to escape. Learning to fight for everything - food, clothes, even permission to use the phone. Building independence from nothing.

Coming out as gay at 19 in Toronto. Early relationships, figuring out who I am, and the complexities of being mixed race in a family that assumed I was half Black.

Starting my first business in 2003, Ruco Transport, the credit card situation in 2007, working at Apple during the iPhone launch, and every business venture that was mysteriously sabotaged.

Working for MTI trucking, standing up for federal law, being fired for it, and the 4-year legal battle that was rigged against me.

After 2023 bankruptcy, starting to put pieces together. Dale's strange phone calls, Amy's suspicious behavior, the systematic sabotage that goes back decades.

Building ZSERVED to bypass traditional funding gatekeepers. Writing this book. Preparing to expose everyone involved. Standing up as an American.