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All advocacy is, at its core, an exercise in empathy.
Tallahassee, FL
Joined March 2009
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Fernando Mendoza signed a rookie contract in July worth $57.27 million. Fully guaranteed. He is 22 years old.
This week he announced what he is doing with his rookie season.
He is starting a series called Finance with Fernando to teach people his age how to handle money.
His words in the trailer.
"My true passion is fiscal responsibility."
He is not bluffing. He graduated from the Haas School of Business at Berkeley, and he is finishing a master's in business administration in December.
Here is how he got to the point where a 22 year old can say that.
All four of his grandparents left Cuba for Miami in 1960.
He grew up in Miami and played at Christopher Columbus High School. In two seasons as the starting quarterback he threw for 1,396 yards and 16 touchdowns. Total. Nobody was building a recruiting class around that.
He committed to Yale.
Then another recruit's decision opened a door at California, and he went to Berkeley instead. He redshirted in 2022. He started eight games in 2023 and eleven in 2024.
Then he hit the portal and went to Indiana, a program that had gone 9-27 in the three years before Curt Cignetti showed up.
What happened next does not really happen.
Indiana went 16-0. Mendoza threw 41 touchdown passes, a school record. They won at Oregon. They beat No. 1 Ohio State for the Big Ten title.
Rose Bowl against Alabama, he went 14 of 16 for 192 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-3 win. Peach Bowl against Oregon, five touchdowns.
Then the national championship game, against Miami. The school in his own hometown.
Indiana won 27-21. He was the offensive MVP.
First Heisman Trophy in Indiana history. First national championship in Indiana history.
Then the Raiders took him first overall. He wears number 15 for Tom Flores, who gave him his blessing to use it.
And right now he is sitting behind Kirk Cousins.
So instead of waiting around, he is finishing the MBA and starting a personal finance series for people who have never had money and are about to.
One more thing worth knowing about him. His mother Elsa lives with multiple sclerosis. He and his brother worked with restaurants to put items on the menu that raise money for MS research.
Turn on any sports broadcast in America right now and count the sportsbook ads.
The number one pick in the draft started a show about not losing your money.
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The U.S is losing a war.
Gas prices are up 50%.
Interest rates are nearing 20-year highs.
Inflation remains elevated.
Budget deficits are nearly $2 trillion
Trump is declaring trade wars on allies.
ICE is killing Americans.
Corruption is rampant.
Meanwhile, in the U.S. Senate:
⚙️ Gearing up for STEM success! After attending our @InSPIREatFSU ROBO101 training, Cynthia Silate brought robotics learning to her students. They explored how gears work & discovered the engineering behind movement and machines. Hands-on learning at its best! #InnovatingLearning
ALT Students at Bay County's Northside Elementary are engaged in a robotics activity. They are assembling small robotic parts at desks. Logos of FSU Inspire, FSU FCR-STEM, and Learning Systems Institute, Florida State University, are displayed at the bottom. The image is captioned "Inspire Robo101" with the hashtag #InnovatingLearning.
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Chvrches released a new single, "Roses."
Listen:
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Most people who were spoofed by Mystery Science Theater 3000, loved it. Not so with Joe Don Baker.
He was so angry and offended, he threatened to kick their asses if he ever met any of the team.
Their episode of his movie Mitchell, is one of the all-time most hilarious!
Coming Soon
We're working on a virtual tour for Advanced Manufacturing Month in October! Go behind the scenes at Jupiter Bach in Pensacola to see how composite manufacturing & clean energy come together! #InnovatingLearning
@InSPIREatFSU | @FSUResearch | @FloridaState | @lsifsu
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For almost 70 years, @floridastate has offered study abroad opportunities in locations across the world through @fsuip. Read more: fla.st/KCTFTQSP #FSU175
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LSI combines educational research, AI software development, instructional design, open educational resources, professional learning, and large-scale implementation into integrated solutions. #InnovatingLearning | @FloridaState | @FCRStem | @FSU_GovRel
bit.ly/LSI_AI
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Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada and has never had his citizenship questioned.
Abdul El-Sayed was born in Detroit and Marco Rubio said he will be “investigating his immigration status.”
Marco Rubio has BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.
The hypocrisy is actually quite staggering.
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Blue Velvet, arguably David Lynch's greatest film, was released on this day 40 years ago.
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HENRY WINKLER REVEALS HOW HIS FATHER HID JEWELRY INSIDE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES TO SAVE THEIR LIVES FROM THE NAZIS😳
“My parents had a six-week work visa and were able to leave Germany for six weeks to come to New York for business. My father never told my mother that he was really thinking of leaving for good.”
“He took my mother’s jewelry and his mother’s jewelry, or pieces of it, melted down a box of chocolate and poured the liquid chocolate over each piece of jewelry. It looked like turtles, you know, the chocolate with nuts.”
“Put it back in the box, let it dry, put the box under his arm, and when the Nazis said, Are you taking anything of value? he said, Open my bags. I have nothing.”
“He pawned the jewelry, was able— now this is to be admired —was able to start the business, the lumber business, importing and exporting wood, bought back the jewelry, and I gave our son the pocket watch that was smuggled out of Germany in chocolate.”
