On this episode of Take This Down, Ty Stimpson sits down with Carlos Gonzalez-Jaime, Executive Director of Transform 1012, to explore a powerful story of identity, resilience, and community healing.

Carlos shares what it was like growing up in Mexico as the only son among five sisters, navigating identity in a deeply traditional culture, and how his early life shaped his drive to create spaces of belonging. He reflects on a successful corporate career that ultimately gave way to a calling in nonprofit leadership—and how that journey led him to Fort Worth.

The conversation dives deep into the mission behind Transform 1012: reimagining a former Klan auditorium into the Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing. Carlos explains how community-led design, historical truth-telling, and inclusive collaboration are guiding the project  ...