{"id":1955,"date":"2023-05-31T14:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T18:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2023-07-19T23:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T03:40:59","slug":"on-the-spotlight-on-marcus-gaskin-i-want-to-help-influence-children-in-a-positive-manner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/on-the-spotlight-on-marcus-gaskin-i-want-to-help-influence-children-in-a-positive-manner\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Spotlight on Marcus Gaskin: \u201cI Want to Help Influence Children in a Positive Manner\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Marcus Gaskin joined Connect to Greatness with a strong desire to impact the lives of children. With a wealth of energy and extensive experience working with young ones, he brings valuable expertise to the table. Moreover, having spent most of his life in the area, he has a deep understanding of the community&#8217;s needs and challenges.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1) Why did you want to get involved with Connect to Greatness?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to get involved with Connect to Greatness because I want to give back to our youth and give them an outlet and viewpoint beyond the standard. I have tremendous energy in assisting children in any capacity I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2) What do you hope to gain from your involvement with Connect to Greatness?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In being involved with C2G, I want to help influence children in a positive manner, as well as make memorable moments that will endure forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3) Tell us about yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I grew up in Delray Beach, Florida, and have lived in South Florida my entire life. After earning my degree from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, I have worked professionally in some capacity with children, previously as a behavioral coach with Palm Beach County School District and currently as a Child Protective Investigator with the State of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;appreciate&nbsp;my family and the time we spend together because, without them, I couldn\u2019t do any of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Support the work Connect to Greatness does in our community.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please consider a donation to help us reach more youth.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/donate\/\"><strong><em>Donate here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus Gaskin joined Connect to Greatness with a strong desire to impact the lives of children. With a wealth of energy and extensive experience working with young ones, he brings valuable expertise to the table. Moreover, having spent most of his life in the area, he has a deep understanding of the community&#8217;s needs and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1974,"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions\/1974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect2greatness.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}