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Carlos Whittaker

Né(e): September 04, 1973 – Los Angeles, California, United States

Carlos Whittaker is a speaker, podcaster, and author whose work centers on faith, personal growth, mental health, and human connection in a digitally distracted world. He is known for books including Moment Maker, Kill the Spider, Enter Wild, and Reconnected, which blend memoir, spiritual reflection, and practical encouragement.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Carlos Whittaker grew up in Pico Rivera in East Los Angeles in a family shaped by migration, church life, and mixed heritage. The son of a Panamanian father and Mexican mother, he has often described learning identity at the intersection of Black and Latino experience and from watching his father rise from shining shoes at LAX to college and later UCLA. Public professional profiles place part of his formal education at California Baptist University from 1998 to 2000, and his early career unfolded in worship ministry in Southern California and later Atlanta. ((https://premierespeakers.com/speakers/carlos-whittaker/posts/carlos-whittaker---race-and-reconciliation-1))

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Citations

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Every single human being has this desire to help
-How to Human
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Jesus actually, truly believes we can live a life fully alive
-Enter Wild
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Savoring is an ancient art form
-Life-Giving: A Guest Post by Carlos Whittaker
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Boundaries are not just a good idea, they're God's idea
-Good Boundaries and Goodbyes
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Bob is uniquely gifted to take a topic (money) that most tend to find overwhelming and actually make it simple
-Simple Money, Rich Life
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Jenny calls us into a deeper trust and a fuller love with stories full of grace, grit, and redemption
-Trust God, Love People
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This book is a manual for anybody who wants to rise again
-People of the Second Chance
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The word blessed has been hijacked to mean something completely different from what God intended
-Double Blessing

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Voix de la Communauté

"Carlos Whittaker does love like few people I know"

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"Whittaker is at his best when talking about his own process of developing a wild faith"

Publishers Weekly

"Carlos Whittaker reminds us that God offers life to the full"

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"Carlos Whittaker is the quintessential 21st Century dad"

CCM Magazine

"As only Carlos Whittaker can do, he unapologetically calls us to the life available as children of God"

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