From drug addiction and sex work, to Harvard and philanthropy, San Diegan and debut author shares his truth in 'I’m Not Broken'
That’s not to imply that the local consultant and debut author is necessarily sad. It’s just been an intense time.
“I constantly have to come back to my intent of why I wanted to tell my story in the first place,” Leon says. “And the intent was always to inspire hope so that others don’t kill themselves; so that our family members, who are seeing us, as individuals, go through this—addiction, mental health issues, anxiety, depression, sex abuse, trauma, and identity issues—that even our family members can get a sense of hope. That we’re not broken. Just don’t give up.
The second event was the death of his father, Ricardo Leon, in 2013. Leon says his father’s death sent him to a “dark place.” Leon spends the bulk of the memoir outlining how one tragic circumstance led to another. Born Jesus “Jesse” Leon, in 1974, he was raised in San Diego in a “fiercely Catholic” family, but would end up a “poor, sexually abused, drug-addicted Chicano kid” living in a run-down duplex in pre-gentrification downtown San Diego. Despite being a gifted student, he got into drinking and drugs as an adolescent and, shortly after, began working as a sex worker in the cruising spots around Balboa Park.
Leon also discusses his struggles with his sexuality throughout the book. He never officially came out to his father, and one of the more understated aspects of “I’m Not Broken” is its exploration of the concepts of American fortitude and/or Mexican machismo.
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