KHeri Montu, M.Ed.,

Cleon Jones Jr., M.Ed. was born in Jamaica, New York to Angela and Cleon Jones. His father is celebrated for his 13 year career as the most popular New York Met of all time with his famous catch of the last out in the 1969 World Series. Cleon Jr. and his father are also descendants of captives on the last slave ship to land in the United States of America in 1859, along with having Moorish ancestry from Mobile, Alabama that arrived from Africa approximately 200 years before Europeans according to a great-grandmother simply called, " Mama Tucci", who was a Moor herself that died 1979. She spoke of stories that revealed Europeans settling with Moors in AfricaTown/Plateau, Alabama that were always there. Cleon Jr., was raised in AfricaTown or Plateau, Alabama that was a training ground for great athletes like Hank and Tommie Aaron, Cleon Jones, Tommie Agee, Satchel Paige, and Billy Williams. Cleon Jr. had been a hard working student and a an athlete his entire life because it was a family tradition. He played high school, college and professional football and has been an educator for 20 years. It was not until he walked away from professional football and teaching full-time at a fairly young age that he found himself lost without a true identity. He did not want to walk away from his purpose in life, but he had a notion to sacrifice his dreams for the dreams of others he loved. It was through the 40 years in this emotional torment and spiritual wilderness that Cle found the importance of finding your purpose in life and never walk away from it for any reason.