Real life superhero - sick children’s Spider-Man.

Man Dresses as Spider-man to Bring Cheers and Laughter to Sick Children

After having a dream, a man changed his goals in life and started to bring happiness to sick children.

Meet Ricky Mena. He has been living his dream, but it wasn't always what he had expected. After being on top of his game for quite some time, he then 'hit rock bottom, and that’s when his deceased grandmother came to him in a dream and changed his life completely.

Ricky Mena

Mena’s story started in 2008, he was young and making good money living the good life. He even bought a cherry red 2008 Chrysler 300 sedan.

He had a promising rap career. “In just a few years I put out nine albums,” Mena said.

Unfortunately, after a work injury, he lost his good paying job. After that, he spent some time in Los Angeles and realized that rap just wasn’t a good fit for him.

Ricky Mena credits his grandmother for inspiring his heroic actions.

He then found himself with just $1,000, money after selling his car. After which, he was staying in a spare room at a friends house. In exchange for his room and accommodation, he gave his friend personal training sessions.

That’s when a family member gave him some direction. It was his grandmother who passed away a year earlier. She appeared to him in a dream.

A tender moment between Ricky Mena and one of the kids at the hospital.

“She showed up in my dream, flipped on a reel to reel projector, an old-school movie projector which was totally her style,” Mena explains.

The projector showing a man dressed as Spider-Man handing out gifts to sick children at the hospital.

He asked her in the dream why she was showing him this. She said, “Because that is you.” Mena was moved by the joy on the faces of the children in his dream and decided he would heed his grandmother’s call.

Ricky is an inspiration and hope for the sick kids.

He then searched for the best tailor-made Spider-Man suit. And also looked for hospitals, homeless shelters and other places where he could greet children in need of a superhero.

He spent his last $1,000 buying a custom-made Super-Man suit.

From then on, he’s been volunteering every place wearing his Spider-Man costume where he could find children who are down on their luck or need their spirits raised.

Ricky Mena starts a nonprofit called Heart of Hero.

Mena then started a nonprofit called Heart of Hero to continue his superhero inspired work.

He hopes that one day his work will allow him to pay the bills but for now he’s focusing on being the best superhero he can be.

“Heroes give hope.”

- Amit Kalantri