Alexandra's Blogs

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Matthew Colacino is an engineering graduate student at Stevens Institute, and he also practices Muay Thai, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, and Taekwondo. During our conference he talked to us about him having ADHD, and how he could have either went on medicine, or taken up Jiu Jitsu. Listening to Matthew talk about this was not only inspiring, but a better outlook of a tough situation. Most students, and parents turn straight to medicine, and now for some cases it might be the best thing, but Matthew didn't want to go straight to medicine. It is so inspiring to see that someone can take a dark problem., and turn it around into something that they have a passion for, while getting through such a tough situation. I had a blast listening to his stories an experiences while he was fighting.