Rocket PeerEnrico
(Him/Her)
An Oklahoma native, I moved to Los Angeles as a teenager, escaping a troubled childhood that included surviving severe neglect and sexual abuse. I was first published in a poetry anthology in the 7th grade. After spending almost half of high school homeless I attended The University of Southern California. While there I was the first black person in the Asian Greek Council. I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, post 9-11, at age 28 and weighing almost 300 pounds. I was inspired by a middle school classmate that died in the attack on the Pentagon, Chin-Sun Wells. I had to lose 100 pounds in a month to just to qualify for boot camp over the Christmas holiday. Despite this I completed the vaunted Marine Corps boot camp and combat training eventually rising to the rank of Sergeant, while completing combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. I have also studied at The Los Angeles Film School, Pierce College, and Park University.
What I Hope to Share
Everyone needs to look very closely and deep dive into what was done to me after my in-patient stay at VA La Jolla. Upon leaving fecal matter was placed in my shoe’s, up under the soles. Medical tests and records were falsified, I was asked to sign a blank document at US Vets after I woke up with a head injury. Medical privilege was broken by the VoA Sunset Plaza’s staff psychologist. Healthcare requires consent, not coercion. I was denied medication and staff intentionally tried to coerce me into fights. I was 48 hours out of an inpatient stay when the first conflict was created, because I took an Addidas jumpsuit of a free clothes table when I was threatened with violence and asked to get naked. WhenI arrived at VOA’s at the proper time on the designated day I was forced to sleep outside, on a metro bench. BTW, I took SSRI’s before. The engaged people, I suspect from Homeboy Industries to follow me around and constantly harasses me and shout negative comments. Just this past year a person did it, asking me “if I’ve ever got punched in the face” while wearing a mask and Homeboy Industry shirt; it is pure evil to dog pile on a disabled homeless veteran, intentionally to get a violent reaction from him, when he was simply trying to attend film school was was previously grappling with suicidal ideations. You should dispense with the protocols and procedures and start turning over rocks and investigating. This is not healthcare this is humiliation. Homeless people are not science experiments. I wasn’t bothering anyone, I know the stereotype, I wasn’t on any illegal drugs I was simply I living a ditch in Mexico and backpacking around with my MacBook and camera. I only came back to LA to finish my bachelors and try to work in film/television.
What Brought Me to ShareWell
I’m going to kill myself on Christmas in my Marine Corps uniform.