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“One should always shoot for a star and if he were to miss, he might possibly land on a cloud”
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Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
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My Journey
1-2-3-4-5… These numbers represent my father. He was an accountant and one of my greatest mentors. At the age of three, he thought me how to count, play basketball and a little bit of piano. To me he was invincible but the reality is that he had two weaknesses. When hardships would hit our family, he would usually rely on alcohol and/or cigarettes.
From a young age a series of unfortunate events plagued my...
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