Who is your hero and why?

“I would say my brother, he has a really different story. Right now he's living in Prague, in the Czech Republic. His dad was abusive, the guy was a complete shit head. My mom left him and went back home when my brother was still a baby. My dad took in my brother, and raised him as his kid. My dad's family had judgement towards him and my mom. They weren’t married and there was a kid that wasn’t his own. During Christmas, my cousins and I would get good presents. But my brother would get not so good presents. He was basically an outcast. All the kids were snobby, even me, ill admit it. We were spoiled, but that’s not how life works. He was never like that, he was always reserved and very calm. He had good grades and he was always really good at school. Ever since he was 10 years old, he said he wanted to go to Italy and study there. He’s always been the most focused person. When he graduated highschool, he already had decent Italian. A year after, he left to Italy by himself when he was 17 or 18. He always wanted to leave and do something more. No one believed him, they said he’s not gonna leave. And the day he left, he proved everybody wrong. He contacted the university by himself, he studied Italian, he did everything by himself. Once he left, I was like, ‘I have to keep up with this guy.’ He always told me, ‘You have to be better than this.’ My family never really cared about him, but now that he’s outside, he’s making everybody proud. Before he was my brother, but I wouldn’t say he was my friend. Now he’s one of the closest people to me. I talk to him basically everyday. Once we both left, obviously you struggle because you’re without your parents. You do everything by yourself. We started talking more because of that. Everything was given to me. I never felt like I had a bad childhood. Coming here, it was difficult. I didn’t know anyone else that had gone through that except him.”

“The day he left, he left me a note. And he left one for everybody.”

“My letter says, ‘I know I haven’t been the best brother in the world, and sometimes I bother you. But that doesn’t mean that I hated you. It might be a little bit late to tell you that, so please forgive me for my mistakes. Forgive me for all the times that we could have spent together, but we didn't. But I think its never late to tell you that I love you. Wherever I am, you will always be present in my prayers and my thoughts. I don’t want you to forget that you have a brother that loves you, that will always be willing to help you, and care for you and guide you. I hope all of your dreams, goals, and objectives are fulfilled. Because you are a good boy, a little stubborn and always fighting, but you are good. But I hope that everything is better than you hoped for. I want to ask that please never make our parents suffer or worry. Never stop loving them. They're the best parents in this fucking world. They deserve a lot more than theirs in the world. Be careful, no stupid things because I'll see. Roma is better than Spurs.’

“The moment he left, the way I thought changed instantly. I always thought I was an average kid. But from that moment on I thought ‘I can do so much more than just this’. And that’s honestly why I say he’s the reason why I’m here. I probably wouldn’t have left if it wasn’t for him. I think he’s the best person that I’ve met.”