Gabriel fell in love with storytelling during his middle school years. At the insistence of a teacher, he began writing short children’s stories; and one day, his teacher surprised him when she read one of those stories to a group of patients at a children’s hospital. The connection that story made with those children inspired Gabriel to pursue careers that allowed him to tell more stories in multiple outlets. Gabriel has graduate degrees in history and business, and years of experience in the classroom and providing professional development outside the traditional classroom. These experiences with people of the past and present have allowed him to teach others to make connections to their own stories.