A story is best spun at the beginning. Let us take a step back to June of 2019. A broke college student, struggling to find his way in the world.

After an intense year of college, I needed an out. I had no idea what my intentions were or what life had in store for me. So I kicked in my study abroad advisor's door and was given the chance of a lifetime, to go to Europe and write 3 papers.​

To start off my grand adventure, I ventured to the drug and gang-ridden city, of Chicago, Illinois.