Veteran. Photojournalist. Designer.
Independent journalism & photography by JoshuaTrees21 — a Marine vet calling it straight on power, politics, and culture. 5% of every print goes towards St. Jude children's hospital. Rush TKE.
1-on-1 Mental Coaching
Win the Fight in Your Head
Mindset coaching for warriors in transition — civilians becoming Marines, service members becoming civilians, and fighters who refuse to lose to their own minds.
The block isn't your body. The voice in your head is.
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The recruit who doubts he'll make it through. The Marine who got out, losing sight of the mission that gave them purpose. The fighter who trains harder than anyone in the room and still freezes when it counts.
I've navigated the dark skies that dwell within — foster care, real loss, finding my own way without a map — and I came out with tools, not just scars.
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Six years in the Marine Corps, a combat deployment, three years as a Marine Security Guard on three separate continents, a BJJ blue belt earned competing at Xtreme Couture, and years studying stoicism, Buddhism, and meditation to learn how to tame the savage beast that is your mind.
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You don't need more motivation. You need to learn to control the mind instead of letting it control you. And you're not doing it alone.
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Email Short Bio
Send JoshuaTrees21 a short email about yourself. What are you unhappy about in life? What does your happiness look like?
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Free 15 Min Consult
Sit down with JoshuaTrees21 for a free 15-minute consult and map out your personalized action plan. What's standing in your way? What would winning actually feel like? You only pay once you have a training schedule you agree to.
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Train & Transform
Put in the work with JoshuaTrees21 in your corner. Conquer your mental blocks rep by rep, take control of your mind, and build the reality deep down you know you deserve.
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10 Things Ya Daddy Ain't Neva Done...
​Look — you don't need a hype man. You need someone who's lived in the dark corners of his own head and walked back out with a map. Here's why I can lead you through it:
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Honorably served 6 years in the United States Marine Corps
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Marine Security Guard, 3 years under Diplomatic Security Service — Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Lisbon, Portugal; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Held a Top Secret clearance
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One combat deployment to Afghanistan (OEF)
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BA in Journalism & Media Studies, UNLV
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Protection Service Specialist apprentice (USMAP)
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BJJ Blue Belt — Xtreme Couture, Las Vegas, NV
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Disabled veteran — a decade with degenerative disc disease, still in the fight
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Superior Combat Fitness Award, USMC 2015 (292)
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White Belt Medals: Gold x2 (NAGA & FUJI), Silver x1 American Grappling Federation (First tournament), Third: x2 (FUJI & Grappling Industries Absolute division)
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I don't list this to impress you. I list it so you know whose stepping into your corner. I already clawed my way out. Your fight is next — let's go win it, one day at a time.
Education
2023
MS PRISM
USC Online
Completed 2 classes at the University of Southern California Master of Science Public Relations Innovation, Strategy, Management with a 3.9. Dropped due to computer updating from windows 10 to 11 killing his computer during the course and his inability to do statistics.
2019-2021
Journalism & Media Studies (JMS)
University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Graduating with 3.6 gpa, Joshua Chavez served as a Peer Advisor for Veteran Education (PAVE) for his first two semesters at UNLV.
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- Member of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) Pi-Lamda chapter
- Awarded Top Chair by Fraternity for raising a combined total of 32,000 for the Fraternity through coordinating booths for Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) and National Hot Rod Association at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2021 (5 days total)
- Top Scholar in 2020 with a 4.0 for six semester total four consecutively
2016-2018
Transfer to State School
San Juan College
Exited USMC May 2016 started community college in Farmington, NM in 2016. During his fourth semester he had orthopedic reconstruction of his right hip and diagnosed with degenerative disc disease (DDD).
- Founder of SJC One, an LGBTQ+ & Allies Club
- Secured seat in Student Government as a Senator At Large; unfortunately resigned due to needing hip surgery
- Earned enough credits to transfer to UNLV in 2018; successfully transferring all credits from SJC to UNLV