When I exhausted what my small hometown could offer, I set out with a childlike optimism for the big city lights and failed. I failed fast. And I failed hard. It took me years to recover and reclaim the parts of me I lost, and in the process discover what I was really made of.
I was a little kid with loads of creativity, a passion for entertaining people, and a dream bigger than myself.
HI, I’M GENTRY
I thought I was meant for the big screen – writing, directing, and performing in top box office movies.
But when my cross-country move from Pennsylvania to Hollywood failed in five months, I felt lost and depressed and decided to replace big dreams with business meetings and creativity with corporate life.
As early as I can remember, I created content with my little camcorder and my cousins as actors. I performed in plays starting in elementary school and diligently captured every family vacation with hours' worth of footage and hundreds of photos. I created talk shows in my living room and directed short films in my backyard.
My story is about dreaming, failing, wandering, and starting over. It's a human story - with the messy human emotions you know all too well.
Because I zigged when life zigged and zagged when it zagged, I got to work with others and create amazing content and experiences. Now I get to share those experiences with others, helping you find meaning, evolve forward, and make the world better because of your existence in it.
Over time, I returned to the parts of myself that I lost – my creativity, my passion for entertainment, my courage – but this time, I came equipped with years of experience in marketing, business, culture, and strategic thinking. My lineup of corporate jobs prepared me in ways I didn't realize.
Sometimes what you want will show up in ways you didn't expect. And if you can embrace the shift in your storyline, you might discover a plot waiting to unfold that's better than what you were writing.
For nearly fifteen years, I wandered from job to job, suffering from disappointment, depression, and dissatisfaction. I was alive but sleepwalking. That is until I decided to reclaim the parts of me I abandoned.
I lived with a constant nag of dissatisfaction and the ghosts of my failed childhood dreams haunting me.
Gent at Seven!
Nineteen & full of dreams!
Courage, curiosity, and openness. When you keep an open mind, open heart, and open hands, you open yourself up to the entire human experience. You make space for every person. You learn to be accepting, kind, and loving.
value
What I
Inauthenticity, pretending, and general "keeping up with the Jones" bullshit. Humans connect with humans over our shared experiences, good and bad, and not over what we want people to think of us.
not about
What I'm
At our core, humans are amazing. You came into this world with everything you need to create a meaningful existence. Because you're alive, you are worthy and valuable. No one and nothing gets to take that away.
believe
WHAT I
BUSINESS
PERSONAL
BUSINESS
Let's get to the personal stuff.
