Welcome to Rodrick’s World

By Rachel Forrester

Step into Rodrick’s World: a space of healing and optimization where ENMU alumnus Rodrick Chambers (MA 13, BS 07) utilizes his professional experience as a teacher, mentor, personal trainer, performer and chaplain to aid others in their journeys of self-expansion. Using guided meditation, meal planning, self-mastery and more, Rodrick’s program is built on the idea that life’s challenges should be embraced, and that “good isn’t good enough.”

“A lot of my work has emerged out of my own personal trauma and confrontations,” Rodrick explained. “I feel more at home when dealing with people and helping them move out of a space of trauma, to actually optimizing themselves rather than being crippled by whatever their hindrances were. I often deal with people who are coming out of trauma but I don’t limit it to that.”

After graduating from ENMU, Rodrick moved to Chicago but soon felt drawn to something greater. He moved to China, became an English teacher and began to pursue his doctorate in philosophy from Ubiquity University-Wisdom School. As Rodrick sought ways to give back to the incredibly generous Chinese locals, he was inspired to develop a few business plans.

Today, his main focus is on growing Northern Latitude 30 (NL30), an in-bound tourism company that brings college students and young professionals to China where they participate in leadership workshops, networking opportunities and local, cultural immersion. As a co-founder of NL30, Rodrick acts as administrator and operational manager, and handles office trainings, tour and product design, and more. If all goes well, by early next year the international travel platform will have expanded to East and South Africa.

Before he became an entrepreneur, Rodrick spent more than 11 years at ENMU. First on a football scholarship, he earned his degree in communication with a minor in music. After graduation, he served the University as a mentor and coordinator for the College Success Program, an instructor for Freshman Seminar and Interpersonal Communications, advisor for African-American Affairs, and as a chaplain, jail minister, community theater performer, Upward Bound director and more.

Noting him as an advocate for the people and community in which he lives, in 2013, the New Mexico Office of African American Affairs recognized Rodrick with their Outstanding Service Award – making him the youngest recipient to date.

Although he feels his time at ENMU provided invaluable experience, this Greyhound has realized his journey is not just about him. By utilizing the skills he cultivated at Eastern, as well as the heart he has for others, Rodrick hopes he can positively affect the world through experience, healing and optimization.

NL30 is currently designing tours and packages in hopes of helping young professional clients strengthen their business networks, as well as locate some of the most wondrous sites in China. The company is collaborating with new and established local agencies including China How? – a business with a “mega” app that provides foreigners and local Chinese the opportunity grow their relationships from business to pleasure and beyond.

“It would be an incredible achievement to partner with the University and ENMU alumni to keep our ENMU presence, literally, moving across this planet!” said Rodrick.

To learn more about Rodrick and Northern Latitude 30, visit RodricksWorld.com and nlthirty.com.