Johnny Rivera

From having a great birthday weekend to building on my business to going on my first date in over 2 years, July has definitely been a month to remember. Of course, in the past few months there have been many ups and downs; however, resiliency is one of my core values in life as well [...]

So, this will probably be the shortest post I’ll ever write, but I couldn’t help thinking ‘Summer, where are you?!” Here in New York City, we’ve had a long, long, long, Winter, and a Spring that’s mixed with rain and bright skies; however, I’m still waiting on the Summer weather!!  Hopefully, it will come sooner [...]

On Thursday, May 13, 2010, History Will Be Made!  We Will Walk for Opportunity! Year Up will be leading a nationwide initiative across Boston, Providence, New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco, and Atlanta to help bridge the gap between corporate America and disconnected youth by “Walking for Opportunity” and raising awareness for this program.  Many [...]

What a month!  When the manager of this new apprenticeship program told me that I was not supposed to be an intern, but a full-time employee all I could think was “Is this an April Fool’s joke?!” It all began about a month after graduating from Year Up NYC in February of this year (2010).  [...]

On Friday, March 26, 2010, I decided to give my websites as well as Trination Media a little bit of life online by updating our host to GreenGeeks. After carefully reviewing about 5 great hosts, which included inMotion among others, Leon (founder of Trination Media) and I decided to go with GreenGeeks because of their [...]