Why I Moved to Mexico and How it Changed My Life

By Ryan Bradley

Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

I was born in Inglewood, CA but lived all over the world after that—San Diego, Florida, South Carolina, Texas, Rhode Island—because my father was in the military. We even lived in the Kingdom of Bahrain for about eight years. That’s where I experienced a lot of my adult life. The same month I arrived, I began work in banking for the world’s largest credit union. Within a year or two, I became the youngest bank manager in its history. I was 21 years old at the time. Before that, I’d only been working at Von’s in California, as a bagger and making coffee for customers. Continue reading