I am from a culturally diverse background, father Cherokee/Choctaw/Osage//Welsh/Irish/Scot, mother Celtic/Western European/American Indian. The major influence in my life was my father, and my American Indian, heritage, spiritualism and culture. I published a few things on Themestream.com, have been a speechwriter, edited and published a school newletter, as well as wrote a weekly column, in my former life. I do not believe that America can afford to continue the back room racism that still exists today. I hope that we can rise above it and move forward.