By the time Michael Prosserman, aka “Bboy Piecez”, was three years old, he was already standing on his head while watching Saturday morning cartoons. By high school, he was accepted into Cirque Du Soleil, featured in the major motion pictureHoney and travelled the world as one of Canada’s top break-dancers, winning more than 22 international competitions. Prosserman accomplished all this while overcoming a chronic neck condition and taking care of his mother suffering with a serious mental illness.
Prosserman is the founder and executive director of UNITY Charity, an organization spawned out of his own personal story of expressing stress. Today, UNITY reaches over 60,000 youth each year across Canada, empowering them to become positive and influential leaders in priority communities using hip-hop as a vehicle for change. He currently runs and participates in a number of keynotes and workshops, having shared his story with more than 100 audiences of all ages in places like Canada, Italy, Asia, the Arctic and beyond.
Recognized with a number of prestigious youth and community awards, Prosserman’s story has been featured in over 50 major media outlets including Maclean’s, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, CBC, City TV news, Global TV news, Much Music and MTV.