Up to this point, the most positive impact on my short life has been a "death-defying" moment. As a result of the stress I was experiencing in my life at a particular time, I suffered a "double lung collapse." My very last thought was "I'm too young for this." I'm not quite sure if it was during surgery or right after that, I experienced going through what I call "the light." All I truly remember was that it was white: the whitest and most peaceful white you could ever imagine. 

I'm not sure if I was going through it or if I was stationary and it was zipping past me. I just remember feeling like I was in a vacuum, and wherever it was leading, it was getting whiter and brighter. When I finally opened my eyes, I couldn't remember anything until the doctor told me I almost didn't make it.

That's when it came to me: wherever I had gone, I had received information and answers. From the moment I opened my eyes I knew the person that left here was not the same person who returned. I would no longer live my life for myself. Through my experiences with stress, I would become the eyes for the sightless, the ears for the deaf and the voice for the mute. In essence, I was summoned by the Creator to "redefine the minds of the misdefined."