Gerry Garcia

About Gerry Garcia

Gerald (Gerry) Garrett Garcia, born 16 March 1995 in Salt Lake City Utah is an American actor, writer, athlete, martial-artist and musician. His family is of Spanish and Italian heritage. He was born to a family of athletes and musicians. His parents, Adon and Tilly Garcia were national and international karate champions. They trained under big names such as Fumio Demura, Yoshi Yamazaki, Hirokazu Kanazawa, and Osamu Ozawa. As soon as he started running at 8 months of age, his parents quickly saw his athletic potential and introduced him to soccer and martial arts.By age three, he was showing great promise and he began training karate-do, iaido (drawing a live sword), kendo (sword fencing), and aikido with his parents. At this age, he went to the piano one day and plunked out "twinkle little star" and "Mary had a little lamb" without prior lessons. His parents recognized his many talents at an early age and quickly decided to invest in piano lessons for him despite their unfortunate financial situation due to a special needs sister.Two years before Gerry's birth, his mother was prescribed a harsh medication that damaged his sister Ariel, mentally, before her birth. When the doctors said she only had 24 hours to live, all that was left for them to do was to ask their family and friends to pray for her. His parents did whatever they could to keep her alive which made it difficult for them financially. Before this, his parents had a karate studio and were making good money. With his sister's past and present medical bills, and moving from their custom built house, the family has struggled to make ends meet but still found the money to invest in the betterment of their children. The family believes that it is because of the power of prayer, that Ariel is still alive today.Gerry began his competitive soccer career in 2000 with local recreation teams at the age of five and at the age of seven he became a prospect for Utah's most prestigious teams, Sparta United in Sandy, Utah. He has won several golden boot and MVP awards in his years as a striker and was a proud member of the ODP (Olympic Development Program) team. He has trained internationally with teams such as Real Madrid (Spain), Leeds United and Parsley F.C. (England.) He has been a two time state finalist with his High School soccer team, Juan Diego Catholic High School and was nominated for the UHSAA (Utah High School Activities Association) All-State team. Another notable fact about his soccer career was him being clocked at running at an incredible speed of 20 mph at the age of only 14. As he got older his speed increased 22 mph. He has had a lot of obstacles in his soccer career. Shortly after his freshman soccer season, he endured a horrific back injury that almost left him paralyzed. He said "when the injury happened, I was scared and totally helpless...I couldn't feel my legs as I felt myself collapse on the pitch. I almost broke down because I thought it was the end for me at that point. Luckily, I regained feeling back in my legs a few minutes later. At that moment I had a sigh of relief but I was still in excruciating pain." Because of this injury, he had to rehab for almost a year without running, juggling or any activity whatsoever. Surgery for his back was an option, but was highly discouraged by his family and the doctors because of how close to nerve endings in which the injury resided. Despite this almost life-changing obstacle, he recovered miraculously and was able to...

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