In that process, I did a ton of stuff:
Played drums as part of Musician's Choice School of Rock event. (I had learned drums while in Mexico and was really good, but no, I was not a professional drummer, yet, however, all my teachers said I had lots of potential), this was a very awesome time in my life, and I'll never forget it. I have a DVD with the time we played at West7 Bar, we were real dope. LOL
Trained for a team in Mexico's third professional division, the team was Leones de Lomar FC, now extinct.
I also played for an affiliate academy of Chivas, and nutmegged a dude in a professional stadium (which is not used anymore for professional soccer), but it used to be! And belonged to Oaxtepec FC (fan extinct team that played in Mexico's First Division league) (video below, nutmeg and beautiful pass at about 0:23 sec)
Attended, as I was invited to, a combine for NASL's Minnesota Stars. (didn't make the team LOL, but had a blast traveling to Minnesota with my mom).
Played for the North York Astros' U-20 team. Had a blast and made some good friends.
So, no, I was not a professional drummer by age 12, but played really well (in my mind ROFL); in fact, I played better then than I do now haha.
And no, regardless of the great amateur/semi-pro trajectory I had in soccer, I did not become a professional player, I would have loved it, but now that I am 30 I understand that God's plan was better (for me specifically, for my health, and personality).
Important milestone: Total Skills Videos
So, overall, one of the most important milestones I accomplished as a teenager was the YouTube channel of Total Skills Videos, at it's highest peak this channel had more than 6,000 subscribers, and surpassed 3 million views.
Feel free to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/@TotalSkillsVideos
Then I attended College.
Humber was just awesome, this is where I learned a ton of things and got passionate about business. While there, I participated in the Ontario College's Marketing Competition at the Quiz Bowl event, but while I did not win, I had a blast, yet, Humber as a team, did get 2nd place. We had a good time, and I remember my time at Humber as a great transition from being student not knowing much, into an adult that understands the big picture now.
The above picture is one from my time at Humber that you'll see around Google when searching for: Jorge Alberto Fuentes Zapata.
Furthermore, here are a few videos where I'm in, either as part of the public or actually talking, from my time at Humber (man, was I handsome), and yes, I was always socially anxious; to this date this is the case, I am an ordinary introvert who simply does extroverted things for a living:
with Humber College's OCMC Team
I don't have much else to say, except that I am so grateful to have had the chance to meet all of these wonderful friends, I hope they're just doing amazing and getting blessings over blessings, and success over success. These dudes and gals were just awesome.
As a side note, while at Humber, I'd take the TTC bus on a daily basis and was the dude reading the Financial Post. So, if anyone remembers a dude with a newspaper on a bus going to Humber College North Campus, it was for sure me.
Other relevant milestons: Graduated with Honours, and an assignment done there became a selfpublished book on Amazon titled: Simulated Trading: An Average Investor.
After Humber College a lot of important milestones took place, I returned to Mexico and this time I moved to Mérida, Yucatán. Here's a metric ton of stuff I accomplished while there:
List of accomplishments covering 2015 to 2021:
- Published book The Correlation: Gold's Price Drives the Stock
- Got my insurance license.
- Got my law degree at UVM and lawyer registration in Yucatán state
- Went into politics for a while and almost ran for Congress for a party called Partido Encuentro Social
- Joined and served for a year in the International Advisory Board of the Wheels of Hope Rising Foundation, while there I built up their social presence and we won the One Billion Acts of Peace: Best Up and Coming Peacemaker award ranted by Oscar Árias (Nobel Peace Prize winne 1987).
- Launched Primero Tu Patrimonio
- Sent a proposal to Yucatán's local congress, acknowledge by the representatives in a direct email response
- Married Karla
Those would be the most relevant, but things would only get better from there:
This is what ended up happening from then onwards...
As I joined Céntrico Digital, first marketing agency I worked for, and then as it got acquired by UHURU Network, I cannot stress the amount of challenges that would come to me by stepping into the marketing career.
It started stressful and very challenging for me, as I was really a newbie, but as you can see above, I am now known by Inbound marketing legends like Marcus Sheridan and George B. Thomas
I have made unbelievable friends along the way, from people at Centrico and UHURU, all the way to MSE Supplies, Directive Consulting, OneLocal, ConnectCRE, but none of them as meaningful as working for George B Thomas at Sidekick Strategies.
Furthermore, I now have 51 active HubSpot Certifications (most likely one of the people with most certifications in HubSpot Academy's history), and I have even published my first course with the help of HubSpot Academy's team:
LINK TO SIGN UP (It's in Spanish, by the way): https://academy.hubspot.com/es/lessons/data-cleanup-process-building-and-maintaining-a-clean-database
To see a full blown list of a ton of stuff I have accomplished, please check out these resources:
https://fuenteszapata.co/books
https://www.youtube.com/@jorgealbertofuenteszapata
Moreover, I also now have a course on Udemy:
https://www.udemy.com/course/conversion-tracking-made-easy/?couponCode=BFCPSALE24
And finally the highlight of my life's accomplishments:
My wife Karla and my daughter Elena Sofía
Unbelievable amount of blessings truly come to those who love and trust the Lord.
Thank you for taking the patience to read through, but indeed, everything you can find when searching for me specifically, and with my full name attached to it, without missing a single one of my 4 names (first name, middle name, first last name, and second last name) I guarantee you it is tied to me, and I truly feel blessed about it. It is then my duty to bless others with the gifts and grace that God has poured on me, and there is nothing greater than seeking Him first above all.
Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfuenteszapata/