The question of  “Who am I?” and the answer to that question is, I believe, an ever adapting and changing idea.  “Who am I"?” can be answered a million different ways from societally labels to our own idea of self. To spare you from the very long, subjective, and variable filled discussion, I’ll just tell you who I believe I am.”

Hi, my name is Gabriel Stephen and I am an Actor and Model.

Thanks to my higher power who goes by the name of GOD, I exist with the purpose of modeling a way to live life with meaningfulness and purpose. That it is possible to live a life of goodness and still be successful and abundant. 

When thinking on my life motto or the theme that seems to incapsulate my life’s story it can be summarized into one phrase:

O.Y.A also known as Own Your Ascendency

Own Your Ascendency is a call to be all that GOD has created you be. To not pitch or hold yourself lower just to meet the comforts of others. You were created to live a life of excellence and truth. Not to be mediocre in your everyday life, in your relationships, and in your intentions. An example I like to give my friends and colleagues are:

“If you were created to be a sport’s car. You have the engine, body, and everything. But you drive like a Prius like on the freeway. And treat yourself like you are average. Are you living up to who you were created to be?”

I say take responsibility for who you were created to be and own your right to ascend, unapologetically of others.

For if the Prius could trade places and be the sports car on the freeway. I know the Prius would not hold back and drive at the same speed and style that it once knew. It would drive the way it was made and deserves to be driven… like a sports car.