We recently connected with Cory Garrastazu and have shared our conversation below.

Cory, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear about the things you feel your parents did right and how those things have impacted your career and life.

My parents always supported me and believed in me and put me in the best position to achieve my dreams. My father was born in Cuba and came to Miami and met my mother. Together, they pushed me with athletics and academics and because of them I have been able to be the man I am today.

Cory, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I have always played baseball since I was a little kid. My dream was always to play in the major leagues. I went through a lot of injuries that slowed this process down but I never gave up. I always saw myself as an entertainer and always liked to post videos on social media before social media was this big. When I was done with school college, I chose to not go play as a free agent and start working but chasing this dream of being an entertainer. By being myself throughout this journey I was able to achieve my dream job when a baseball league combined with entertainment became known called the Savannah bananas. This is where I was able to start my professional career and then after a year found myself in an even more fitting organization called cosmic baseball. It’s the first professional league to be played under black light (glow in the dark baseball). I am now a full time entertainer and professional baseball player all in one and I can truly say I am living my dream. My impact on fans and kids has been my greatest joy.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

During the period where I chose to begin the real world and chase this new dream and not go play normal baseball as a free agent, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called ankylosing spondylitis. This condition affected me for a whole year and there were times where I could not walk. This was a scary time because I was just beginning to chase my dream of playing with the Savannah Bananas organization and I now needed to focus on being able to walk again. After a year of medicine and figuring things out I was able to over come some things and manage the disease I would be stuck with for the rest of my life enough to make it to the Savannah bananas organization. After a year there, a more fitting opportunity came about which was cosmic baseball, and now I am exactly where I belong selling out every stadium we play at impacting the youth and many others.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

A lesson I had to learn that I learned quickly is that nobody can change or take away a dream from you. No matter if a coach at the time was telling me to stop posting videos, or people would tell me I would never play baseball again because of my medical issues. I always put myself and my dream first. Staying through the process and never giving up is why I am here today and I use that lesson in my every day life every time I wake up and chase my dreams.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://link.me/coryboi23
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corycubano?igsh=MWFyNWt1ZGE4bnNmZQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/19H3wwLE21/?mibextid=wwXIfr
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@corycubano?si=9bZDsTAcQssZTheL
• Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@corygarrastazu?_t=ZT-8yrmq0WcGjN&_r=1

Image Credits

Isaiah Hunter, Good Tuff