Capture Narcos: Angel Of Hope I Ramon Geronimo

Capture Narcos: Angel Of Hope I Closing Credits


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Ramon Geronimo is a highly energetic yet professional Software engineer, entrepreneur, Content Creator, and Media Director/producer/ editor well-recognized for his dedicated work ethic, humble persona, ambitious nature, and most importantly his passion for professional baseball.

Born in Santiago, the Dominican Republic and currently living in San Francisco, California, Ramon earned a Bachelors's in Business Administration and Management while playing professional baseball with an Independent League. To pursue his life-long dream, with all the blood and sweat it takes, Ramon had to suffer through sports human trafficking which almost cost him his life. But being a proud survivor he decided to step ahead and came forward on National TV to raise his voice for several others suffering in silence.

Having been through such crucial circumstances, Ramon realized what kind of obstacles and hardships young athletes have to face to pursue their dreams. Therefore being an embodiment of commitment, excellence, and entrepreneurial spirit, Ramon started a nonprofit startup “Rising To The Top” to help out young athletes get scholarships, paving their way to their dreams.

Apart from it, Ramon opted for multiple ways to generate as many funds as he could to help maximum people. In a bid to extend his reach, Ramon produced and directed a few Reality TV Shows inspired by his personal story, running baseball tryouts and touring US college coaches in the Dominican Republic for getting scholarships.

Besides that, Ramon went back to school to earn his Bachelors in Computer Science. As a software engineer, Ramon has created incredible applications and startup ideas to auto-generate sufficient funds to complement the scholarship program. Ramon continues to learn new skills each day and spends his free time drawing.

Ramon finds his biggest emotional strength in the love and support of his highly encouraging parents and an awesome wife. Ramon shares a unique bonding with his father, Dr. Ramon Geronimo Guante. His father is his idol who taught him lifelong lessons of kindness and generosity as well as introduced Ramon to baseball too. His father always instilled in Ramon the significance of education and that is why Ramon never stops learning. His father also calls Ramon “el Incomprendido” or “The Misunderstood” because of Ramon’s complicated yet intricate ways of observing things. Hence, his father has always been with him, sometimes boldly encouraging his ideas and sometimes silently allowing him to explore his true calling.

Ramon’s mother, Virgen Adames “Doña Charo”, is Ramon’s inspiration to never give up and to never be afraid to start all over again. Doña Charo quit her career to fully dedicate her time to raise Ramon and his siblings. Only when they became old enough she started Law School and became a lawyer taking classes at night. He learned from his mother that it is never too late to begin a career and pursuing his Double Major in Computer Science and starting all over was not a hard decision.

Moreover, Ramon really treasures his beautiful 17-year relationship with his wife Jessie and to him, there’s no feeling as ecstatic as to give her a reason to smile. With Jessie, Ramon feels emotionally and mentally content enough to focus his mind and channel his inner creativity. He believes that with Jessie by his side, he can dauntingly conquer all obstacles of life and stand in the face of all odds with pride and prestige.


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One day I was working out at the gym and a friend of mine which was a baseball scout at the moment approached to tell me “Hey I see you are spending a lot of time training this player (I reserve to say the name for privacy). That kid has a lot of problems” I sat down on the bench and continued paying close attention to the scout “His father would hit his mother in front of him. We wanted to sign him but we passed because he might be a higher risk to the organization.” At that point, I undertook the ramifications of domestic violence and what’s worse is how the opportunity to fulfill his dream came to an end not because he wasn’t talented, or he did something wrong but because he was a victim. What the scout didn’t understand was that the reason why this player ran the extra mile, stayed after practice, and pushed harder than everyone else, was because baseball was a way for him to support and protect his mother.

Domestic violence has been a common factor among a lot of young athletes I’ve been blessed to coach and advise and that is why it is so important for me to raise awareness in this matter.

When I decided to pursue my double major in Applied Computer Science, God blessed me again by putting me next to a wonderful kid also with a rough childhood. I was given the most valuable prize in life, someone that looked up to me as a father figure he was missing in his life and I became his Papi to guide him, give him advice, and most importantly to learn from him. The same problem, different industries, and the same goal, “work harder than everyone else to take care of their mothers.”

Although their stories are not mine to tell, I cannot stay quiet and I have to find a way to say STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. This book is just my way.

Jessie inspired me to write, they inspired me to pick the subject.

Jon, Ricardo, Mathew, and Eric thanks for your support and for being my teammate developers. I feel I can build any project because you guys have my back and I am very grateful to have you.

Special thanks to my coach Dan, my iOS instructor Adriana (profe), my CS instructor Alan and backend instructor Dani, without you, this project would be still in my mind living as a dream, you gave me the necessary skills I needed to make it tangible. Thank you so much and thank you Make School and the staff members especially Ian, Jen, Anne, Megan, Jeff, Komal, and the rest of the instructors and the founders Jeremy and Ashu.

Thanks to all of my peers at Make School especially KJ for your collaboration with the tracks and music for the project.

Thanks, Jesus Owins for being the singer and for all your collaboration with the songs I wrote for the project.

Thanks, Steph (@stephreadsalot) for helping with my manuscript and for all your advice.

And thanks to everyone in advance, who dedicated their time to read this book, it means a lot to me and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating this project, Thanks.


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Juan gets too close to Ricardo Rodriguez, the right hand and the Black Widow's protector. What he finds, will change Juan's life forever.


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In order to find Angie and recover part of his lost memory, Juan reaches out to an old friend from the military.


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Juan wake's up in a hospital after being in a coma for two months. He can't remember how he got there and part of his recent memories are lost including Angie.


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