Joel "Aj" Taimane Mapuatuli

Joel "AJ" Taimane Mapuatuli was born on December 15, 1992 at Long Beach Memorial Hospital . AJ loved playing football as a kid and that love for that game lasted throughout his whole 24years of life. He also had a strong love for music and poetry, his own poetry. He had goals and ambitions in his life that changed from time to time. His last goal was to be a firefighter and to help people. AJ always gave a helping hand to whoever needed it, never asking for anything in return just the love he showed you . AJ was known to have the biggest heart in his family, always wanting to enjoy life everyday he was blessed with knowing that the next day was never promised. He married his wife Ana Cardenas Mapuatuli and within that marriage they had two beautiful children, Aydan Taimane Mapuatuli (7 years old) and Aydah Kay Mapuatuli (1 year old) . Anyone who knew AJ knew he was about his family, no matter what. His six siblings, his mom and dad and his wife and kids meant everything to him.

A family man at heart and a DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.