I grew up idolizing superheroes. I would read comic books, watch action movies, follow athletes who dominated their game. I admired qualities from imaginary people or larger than life celebrities that I would never meet. I thought if they could do it, why can’t I. Why can’tany of us?

My name is Michael Siervo. All my life I have believed that everyone has the capability to do amazing things and the possibility of making it happen. I rooted for the good guys in movies and felt pain when I saw people suffering on television. I struggled for years questioning everything from religion to humanity to the meaning of my existence.