Today we’d like to introduce you to Bryan Carroll.
Bryan Carroll is a father, a son, a brother, and a motivator. He is also a community organizer, an educator, a youth and educational consultant, an author, a behavioral specialist, and the future owner of an early childhood learning center. Bryan has always been dedicated to serving his community in many capacities and has continued to do so as a citizen of Houston, TX. He was born in Killeen, TX, and raised in Baltimore, MD – a place known for its violence and poverty. Baltimore is where he developed a passion to serve others. He graduated from Randallstown High School in Baltimore County before attending Grambling State University to play football and later transferring to Louisiana Tech University to finish up his college football career. Bryan was an All State Football and Baseball player in High School. After college Bryan went on to play in the Arena Football league for a few years.
He just recently authored a children’s book entitled “Super Sharing”. He develops “coming of age” curriculums and mentoring programs like Athletic Intelligence, a program which provides life skills, athletic training, college prep, and coaching to young athletes. He also founded a non-profit, entitled Community Under Reconstruction through Education (CURE). A larger organization that seeks to infuse youth to be strong mentally, socially, emotionally, and academically; specializing in diverse intellectual and physical activities and training programs related to human development.
He is currently serving as a behavioral specialist and teacher in Houston while running an educational consultant firm. I’m also working to open an early childhood education center that will focus on building foundational literary skills. Bryan has and hopes to continue to advocate on the behalf of underserved youth.
Athletic Intelligence: Vision: Using our minds and bodies to win the game of life.
Mission Statement: At Athletic Intelligence (AI), we are dedicated to helping young athletes find their identity and purpose by offering an alternative to archetypes imposed upon youth living in underserved communities. The goal is to provide them and their parents with the resources, tools, emotional support, and time to ensure that they are more likely to matriculate high school and pursue higher education.
(soon to be non profit) CURE: Vision: Working together to build and grow strong communities and relationships.
Mission Statement: The Community Under Reconstruction through Education (CURE) project seeks to inspire youth to grow stronger mentally, socially, emotionally, and academically. We specialize in using diverse intellectual and physical activities as well as training programs related to human development to stimulate healing and growth for children and their parents.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
Not smooth at all but adversity truly builds character and rewires your brand to thrive and grow. I always let it make me not break me. High school: Being a highly sought after recruit in football but falling victim to not handling my business in the classroom and having to take an alternative route but still getting my football scholarship.
College: getting dropped off in Louisiana where I knew no one but I had a goal so I was all in. The pain doesn’t necessarily come when you don’t get what you want but when you feel powerless and you shouldn’t. Starting to really excel as a freshman on the team and the future looks extremely bright them BOOM. Im physically assaulted by a coach and knocked unconscious. I felt so isolated and alone. You definitely find out who your friends are when the unimaginable happens. I went from staring at the stars at night knowing im on the path to live out my dream in the NFL to taking calls from top lawyers in the state willing to work pro bono for the easy cash out regarding my case. I just wanted to live the normal college life.
Little did I know that event would completely change the trajectory of my career. Let’s rewind about a year previous to being assaulted. I met a man that changed my life. The most remarkable man I’ve ever met that helped me become the man I am today, Pastor Jerry Baldwin. I was blessed to see a well-rounded family man that love God his wife, his children and his community and he was relentlessly pursuing greatness. For once sports wasn’t everything and my life had changed. Of course, I thought to transfer to one of the schools that recruited me out of high school but I couldn’t leave the support system I had as I was growing so much. I decided to transfer to nearby Louisiana Tech and I was subjected to barriers and trials unimaginable but that birthed in me the resilience perspective and drive to overcome anything thrown my way.
Post college: played arena football excelled and started experiencing injuries that prevented me from staying healthy and maximizing my talent and elevating to the next level. The lifestyle in one leg in one leg and PTSD post-traumatic sports syndrome. Having an identity of being an athlete so long and having to manage life without it and missing opportunities from injuries became very disheartening and hard to deal with.
New chapter: Becoming a father, addressing life’s traumas and daddy issues and learning the purest form of love. Learning how to be vulnerable and opening up my mind to endless possibilities. No longer being limited and marginalized but being limitless. I’ve begun to think like an entrepreneur and write children’s books and motivate and empower people through my speaking and theories regarding education and youth empowerment.
Please tell us about Athletic Intelligence and the CURE.
The CURE
– Vision: Working together to build and grow strong communities and relationships.
– Mission Statement: The Community Under Reconstruction through Education (CURE) project seeks to inspire youth to grow stronger mentally, socially, emotionally, and academically. We specialize in using diverse intellectual and physical activities as well as training programs related to human development to stimulate healing and growth for children and their parents.
Athletic Intelligence
Vision: Using our minds and bodies to win the game of life.
Mission Statement: At Athletic Intelligence (AI), we are dedicated to helping young athletes find their identity and purpose by offering an alternative to archetypes imposed upon youth living in underserved communities. The goal is to provide them and their parents with the resources, tools, emotional support, and time to ensure that they are more likely to matriculate high school and pursue higher education.
Bryan Carroll and Associates
Educational consultant firm geared toward changing the narrative for education with coming of age and relevant behavioral curriculum, mentoring programs, literacy camps, staff professional developments and books. Our goal is to breed and create thriving and effective teachers followed by young leaders in the classroom who value education and manifest greatness while still in there adolescence because they are taught to think critically and process.
Any shoutouts? Who else deserves credit in this story – who has played a meaningful role?
God, Jerry Baldwin, Victor Gaddie, My mother Danyell Smith, My sister Tamyra Carroll. All of my students who have helped me grow tremendously by being difficult lol.
Pricing:
- My book is 15 dollars
Contact Info:
- Website: Bryancarrollandassociates.com
- Email: bryancarroll17@gmail.com
- Instagram: Supercarroll
- Facebook: Bryan Carroll
- Twitter: Supercarroll1
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