An optimistic outlook. As a motivational speaker, J.R. Martinez (Brot) travels the country explaining how hitting a landmine in Iraq, which resulted in burns to over 40 percent of his body, changed his life for the better. One of his next stops will be at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia on November 12. Martinez will share his outlook on life at Cole Hall at 7.30 PM. This event is open to the public free of charge. To find out what other actors are up to outside of Pine Valley, check out the All My Children News Room. We invite you to join Soaps.com on Twitter @soapoperafan and "like" Soaps.com on Facebook to dish on All My Children, all the other soap operas, Glee, Grey’s Anatomy and Vampire Diaries!