Paul✌️

A thing about LA ♥️: This kid is the great-grandson of my Grandpa, who was born to immigrants in East LA over 100 years ago. Grew up during the peak of the great depression, sold eggs at the swap meet to get by, earned a basketball scholarship to USC, paused studies to serve our country as a pilot during WWII, came back and became a doctor, graduating from USC Dental School 75 years ago. Elijah is half Tongan, part of the worldwide diaspora of huge-hearted immigrant Pacific Islanders. He was born in London, moving to America when he was 5. Southern California is the land of can-do California dreamers who dare to live to the height of their ancestors’ imaginations and have always welcomed their neighbors. We live and love each other across time, difference, and oceans. It's the history and heartbeat of this city. Don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise. ♥️