Episode 35 - GenZ Series: Ali

In this episode we welcome Ali, a GenZ / Zillennial who spent most of his formative years growing up in Morocco, where most of his family still resides.  Ali tells us about the beauty and culture of Morocco, and how it is a great destination as it offers so many different experiences from the beach to the mountains to the desert.  We learn about his move from Morocco to St. Petersburg, Florida with his mother, father and older brother where he spent his preschool years to first grade until they all moved back to Morocco after his mother’s unexpected deportation.  Back in Morocco, Ali attended a private American school where he was taught a similar curriculum to what was being used in the US, and played various sports against schools from different parts of Morocco.  In addition to learning English while in America and French in Morocco, Ali also learned Darija, a Moroccan dialect of Arabic, in the home.  After his sophomore year in high school, Ali moved back to St. Petersburg and went through the adjustment of not only living in America again, but experiencing American high school culture.  After graduation, Ali attended Florida State University.  He reflects on his time living on his own, joining a frat after only being back in American culture for 2 1/2 years and putting himself through college.  We learn about his first job in the corporate world post-college, and the experiences he learned while there that he took to his next/current job at SAP, which led him to a move to Boston.  A return to Florida a year later found him living in Fort Lauderdale with Nick Wucher, the Co-Founder and Creative Director of the brand YIFNO (Yo It’s F*cking Nice Out) (Episode 30), with an eventual move to Miami where he currently resides.  Ali shares about his father’s battle with Parkinson’s Disease from the age of 47 and how Deep Brain Stimulation, a brain surgery he received at the age of 62 at Tampa General by Dr. Oliver Flouty, removed the Parkinson’s symptoms and gave his father back an active and healthy life.  It’s truly a miracle!  Ali shares insight into the dating scene for his generation which includes touching on situationships, dating apps, coffee dates and chivalry.  Ali also offers some life advice for the younger generations coming after him.  We loved having Ali in the studio to share his story and have already added Morocco as a destination on our travel bucket list!  We can’t wait to have him back in the future to hear where his journey has taken him.Tampa General Hospital:https://www.tgh.org/?utm_source=ExtNet&utm_medium=YextDr. Oliver Flouty:https://www.getcare.tgh.org/providers/oliver-flouty-1265790356Visit Us At:https://linktr.ee/genxadultinghttps://www.tiktok.com/@genxadultinghttps://www.instagram.com/genx.adulting/https://www.facebook.com/genxadultinghttps://www.youtube.com/@genxadultinghttps://x.com/genxadultinghttps://www.amazon.com/shop/genxadulting#parkinsonsdisease #parkinsonsawareness #brain #deepbrainstimulation #morocco #travel #yifno #dating #genz #datingadvice #fsu #floridastateuniversity #kappasigma #miami #tampa #ftlauderdale #sap #corporate #jobCheck us out at genxadulting.com#generationx #genx #podcast #marriage #relationship #interview #mom #family