“When I got the chance to go to Africa, there was this project where we built little houses for these villagers. For me as a westerner it was shocking how people could live with such little resources, but yet they were all smiling. A lot of them were victims of human trafficking and there was a lot of rape. There were so many negative things that we would consider enough to make the whole country miserable, yet they were all smiling. I had everything and pretty much didn’t have to struggle for a lot of things and I was not as happy as they were. So that was very humbling.”

“I like psychology. I like how people behave and why they do what they do. I started as a business major. My parents wanted me to be there and become a businessman. They thought it was going to make me happy. The first year I didn’t like it, didn’t like the people that were in it too much. I didn’t like the competition that comes with it. So I basically took two years off and I went to Europe and traveled around. I ended up visiting around 26 countries. I came back and I decided that people were very similar wherever I was going and that the only thing that kind of changes is what we want from life. Some people want happiness; some people want money; some people want relationships, but in the end it’s all mixed up in the same.”

“And what is it that you want?”

“I just want to understand myself better, I guess. Not so much other people, because I think everybody kind of behaves in accordance to their environment and whatever situation they’re in at that particular moment. I think if I understand myself better, I can make better judgments about other people.”