My name is Brandon Padierna and this is my story. I grew up in a town that measures one square mile in diameter so you could imagine how closed minded of a kid i was. I was only interested in two things in high school, academics and sports. Growing up in a tiny town like Wallington, New Jersey, I never could wrap my head around what was outside this miniature Polish town that always smelled like beer and pierogi's. I graduated with 89 kids my senior year of high school in 2015 and everyone knew everything about everybody. For a small school, everyone i knew had big dreams. The further you went away for college and the bigger school was, the more people believed that "you've made it". This was my dream. I graduated high school, eventually got into Rutgers University where i believed i would be set for the rest of my life. This is my high school in Wallington New Jersey. In comparison to my friends in college it seemed as though i...
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