Victor Rivas Rivers Biography

Victor Rivas Rivers has gone a long way from being a beaten, enraged gang member to being a seasoned actor, best-selling book, a well-known advocate for violence prevention, and the first Cuban-born football player to have a tryout with the Miami Dolphins. In actuality, few of those accomplishments were ever conceivable given his harsh childhood. Rivers thinks he would be alive today if not for community members who were ready to speak up on his behalf. Rivers shares his incredible life experience with the world in his masterfully written biography A Private Family Matter: A Memoir and the soon-to-be-released sequel A Public Family Matter: Journey of An Accidental Activist. Rivers, who is currently one of the most well-known domestic abuse campaigners, utilizes his platform to call for the protection of all women and children. Now tell us how Rivers ended the cycle of violence. At the age of 12, Rivers went to his neighborhood police station to denounce a lifetime of crimes he had committed against his mother, siblings, and pets. The abuse outraged the cops, but they were unable to stop Rivers' father. They claimed that the torture was being carried out in secret because it was "a private family problem." At age 15, Rivers finally filed a then-unprecedented lawsuit against his father and moved in with a number of foster homes, who disapproved of his change from a gang member filled with wrath to the senior class president. He refers to many of his "angels" as being educators. These adults gave Victor the confidence to eventually earn a full football scholarship at Florida State University and a stint in the NFL, starting with his eighth-grade teacher who literally fed him when his father implemented a starvation diet at home to his high school coaching staff who wouldn't let him quit the team and drop out of school. Rivers went after another long shot in Hollywood after being labeled "The Longest of Long Shots" by the Miami sports media. With parts in over two dozen films, including The Mask of Zorro and The Hulk, as well as several TV programs, including LIFE, Law & Order LA, and Star Trek, Rivers has subsequently gained a large fanbase throughout the world. Victor Rivas Rivers is a superb storyteller whose subjects are as varied as his heritage and who is sincerely committed to fighting stereotypes and cultural discrimination. He discusses with a variety of audiences his tactics for dispelling these prejudices. As one of the few men speaking out against domestic violence, Rivers also aims to increase advocacy and understanding of other types of abuse as well as ways that people and communities can do more to put a stop to the violence. Victor Rivas Rivers is a charismatic and motivational speaker who is "a huge man with an even greater heart and soul." Victor Rivas Rivers' optimism, humor, and honesty radiate through every speech.

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