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Throughout the course of our lives we encounter many challenges which significantly shape us as individuals. Perhaps the most significant event in my life to date was my family’s move from a small town in upstate New York to Philadelphia as I was entering my sophomore year of High School. The transition was very difficult as I was accustomed to life in Endwell, New York, population 13,000, a place where I knew everybody and everyone knew me. I needed to rebuild my entire social life from scratch. It was not easy and in the interim I mainly focused on my personal studies and my religious life to keep myself busy and positive. Although my religion has always been of great importance to me and has always provided me with strength, it never was more important then during my move to