His philosophical Statement

 Growing up in a militant household, he rarely was able to express himself in a positive manner. However, once he moved out onto his own, he started to realize that he was able to use his words in a way to convince people to change their minds about things that he is passionate about. This started up when he joined the LDS Church and was asked to give speeches to his local congregation. During this period, he experienced discrimination due to people not knowing how to treat him. He soon learned that he could effect change in the way how he spoke to those same individuals. He decided to further hone those skills by enrolling in the Communication Studies major at UNCW.