Founder | CEO

Happily married (16 yrs) to his stunning and wonderful wife Stacy Acevedo: Kids: Rocco (13), Knox (11), Bronx (6), Nova (4), Joe (18), Cheyenne (24), and Sokha Chan (27). He has worked with youth for close to 20 years. 

He is the Founder | CEO of non-profit Modern Abolition: a lifestyle non- profit brand that uses art and creativity to Inform, Inspire, and Impact the world for the greater good. The Pupil Project is his leadership development program, that Equips, Empowers, and Develops youth and young adults, by providing resources, and skillset training, for personal, social, academic, and career development - cultivating a movement of high capacity leaders, creatives, and entrepreneurs. In his spare time he adores his beautiful wife, creates artwork, writes and makes music (gil and the lion - available on all platforms), drinks a lot of coffee, and quotes Nacho Libre.

Marketing & Sales Manager

Shaelyn is an author, musician, and creative.

She has managed to write and produce a song that is now streaming on music platforms like Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, etc.; and she is currently working on producing and releasing more songs and albums. Shae is a singer, and also plays acoustic guitar and keys.

Her creativity also branches into creative writing. Shae has written and published a sci-fi novel, and plans to finish the series with additional books as well.

Above all, Shae is passionate about foster youth and aged out foster adults who are at a huge disadvantage to children who grew up in loving homes with safe and healthy parents. Her dream is to one day start her own nonprofit organization that helps house and develop 18-25 year old women who have aged out of foster care and need assistance. For this reason, Shae is also very passionate about Modern Abolition’s voice and goals to develop youth in underprivileged situations. Shae is not a slave to the status quo.