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My name is Adam Acevedo and I am the founding member of Future Origins. I was born and raised in Southern California, son of a lithographic printer and accountant / bookkeeper. I’m the eldest of two children and have a younger sister. As one of the first children born into both my mother and father’s families, I was fortunate to have grown up with all of my grandparents. I even had my great grandmothers during my early childhood. I still have both of my grandmothers, and love, respect, and revere them greatly. The lessons they passed down to me are my life blood, the reason I have had successes in life, and the reason I’m prepared to raise my own children.

In middle school (6-8 grade), I was fortunate enough to have uncles and aunts who were venturing out into the world as adults. Going to college, becoming professionals, and discovering their communities. I was invited to join them on that journey, and reveled in the opportunity to learn from them and with them. I discovered a passion for computers and computer networks, I discovered a passion for tinkering and problem solving. Soon I was discovering my own community of friends and colleagues that would help me to develope my passion for technology.

Shortly after graduating high school, I was starting my carreer in cyber security. Although I had already enjoyed the casual walks on a trail near my home, and the musings starring out from a water storage tank built on a hill high above a Los Angeles suburb, I began to realize I had a special connection to nature. A connection that many of my friends and family had never expressed to me. This relationship with nature was something that became individual and personal to me, but also became a means of connecting with others.

Since the days of my early adulthood, 25 years have passed. I now have a well established career in technology, a wonderfully intelligent and creative wife, and two amazing children of my own. We live together in a somewhat remote area of Northern California, what I like to consider god’s country. This place is home, and I am greatful for every day I am privileged to be in this place, and I am honored to be a member of this community. I encourage others to be present, look for the good in the people you encounter in your life (not online), and never forget that each of us are but a single loop in a chain that stretches across space and time. Together we are greater than the sum of our parts.