From Corrections Officer to Content Creator | Franjez on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 81

From Corrections Officer to Content Creator | Franjez on REAL Mentors Podcast EP 81

From REAL Mentors Podcast by Sean Martin

April 21, 2026 · 35 min · Season 1 · Episode 81

About this episode

Franjez shares his journey from being a corrections officer to becoming a content creator, emphasizing the impact of childhood experiences on personal growth.

Franjez grew up in Yonkers with nothing and says that's exactly why he appreciates everything. Raised in a Dominican household where daily drinking was just part of life, he spent years as a New York State corrections officer feeling lost, chasing control and going through the motions. Then a doctor's visit and the right roommate at the right time cracked something open.Now he's the host of Talk About It with Franjez, a platform built on transparency and the conversations most people avoid. Every episode starts the same way, by asking “where did you grow up?” or “how was your childhood?” because Franjez believes everything you are today lives in what you experienced before you had words for it.In this episode, he and Sean get into what it really takes to do a complete 180, why your subconscious is running the show whether you like it or not and what it means to go all in on something you actually love. Including everything hard that comes with it.This Episode Explores: ✅ Growing up Dominican in Yonkers and normalizing what others would call dysfunction ✅ 8.5 years as a corrections officer and feeling lost, goalless or chasing control ✅ The doctor's visit that forced him to pay…

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