Growing up for many years in Freeport, NY, helped me to assimilate with a diversified crowd. I attended church where I participated in many activities such as Altar serving, singing in the family choir, Boy Scouts, and taking religious education classes. After the parochial school shut down, I began to attend school at New Visions Magnet School. I spent 3 more years here. I remember being such an astute scholar that. I continued to go on to Atkinson for my 5th grade year. I remember being a very popular student. I did musical performances with the school choir and even did a great dancing of rendition of “Go Frosty Go†for my peers and family for the winter concert. After this year was completed, I moved with my family to Baldwin NY, where we have been living for the last 10 years. This property was our first home. Prior to this we lived in Apartment building complexes. So in many ways it was an exciting time and it was also a sad time because I really relished the years that I spent in Freeport and the classmates and friends that I made there. I really missed the diversity of the atmosphere. When I started attending school at Grand Ave School in Baldwin NY, this really hit me. In this school, there was little diversity. I once again glimmered academically, and even found time to begin to learn how to play team basketball (We had one game at the end of the year versus a rival school, this was before I developed a passion and knack for the great sport). Nevertheless, my parents and I reached a basic conclusion that I could be doing better for myself in a better learning environment. After this school year, I quickly transferred to St. Agnes School in Rockville Centre NY. Once again, I was hit with another extreme! Now, I was the minority and everyone for the most part was a different color than me! Not minding these factors , I continued on to make the school basketball team, perform in two school plays, (not minding the fact that I was supposed to play the lead part of the Tinman in the Wizard of Oz but contracted a pneumonia that kept me hospitalized for a month) and of course do excellently academically. My appetite for playing basketball was really encouraged here. I had my first taste of serious organized basketball by partaking in C.Y.O. Basketball and going to the Island Garden in West Hempstead NY. After graduating this school, I went on to Kellenberg Memorial High School for high school. Now looking back at my high school years, I really cherish every moment that I spent and wish that I realized how good that I had it. Here I learned to be humble. I witnessed this as I was cut from several teams during high school. Ironically, I was involved in a car accident I was sitting in the passenger seat) where the car was totaled and the driver of the vehicle was knocked unconscious and handicapped for a good while. To make a long story short, I graduated from high school with honors. I made the honor roll every semester, received a perfect attendance award twice. I was a member of the National Honor Society, played Varsity Basketball, and Volleyball. I won a NSCHSAA championship for Volleyball in my senior year. I won Most improved awards for my participation in J.V. Basketball, and Freshman Football. I began attending The University at Buffalo in August of 2006. My first semester results were phenomenal. I faced the Blizzard of October 13, 2006. Over 23 whopping inches of snow made it ways down to Buffalo on this day, causing much property to be destroyed, trees to be cut down and a loss of power, heat, residence, and water for several days for many people in this huge city. Thankfully, my part of the the city was fine and I felt that I had to do something to help out. I signed up to help assist the disaster areas of this area and I volunteered with many other students to help clean up Delaware Park where there was much damage. This really made me envision what Hurricane Katrina could only have been like.
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