AGA NLT 2025

Damon Dunn
Former NFL Player & Self-Made Entrepreneur



Born in 1976 in Fort Worth, Texas to a 16-year-old single mother, Damon Dunn grew up in dire poverty, living in a three- bedroom trailer with ten people. Damon grew up hunting and fishing as means to provide food and wore Salvation Army clothes. From these humble beginnings, Damon learned the value – and the rewards of hard work, which he has demonstrated throughout his life. In the NFL, Damon worked with the Make a Wish Foundation to visit kids with terminal illnesses. He started the Fighting Giants Ministry that ministers to children with life-changing injuries. He also worked with St. Augustine Soup Kitchen, the Cops-N-Kids program, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Damon volunteered the in Santa Ana elementary schools implementing the Latino Educational Attainment Initiative (LEA). The purpose of the LEA is to help Latino parents become more effective advocates for their children, particularly as it relates to their education. During his undergraduate days at Stanford, Damon served as associate pastor at Jerusalem Baptist Church where he managed the children’s and youth ministries. Since his time at Stanford and the NFL, Damon has started the Joshua Project, a leadership development ministry that mentors aspiring young Christian leaders and the Long Beach College Prep Academy which sent 158 students, from low-income families to college.

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