Hello and welcome. I'm Patrick Curtis, your host and Chief Monkey, and this is the Wall Street Oasis podcast. Join me as I talk to some of the community's most successful and inspirational members to gain valuable insight into different career paths and life in general. Let's get to it.

In this episode, member Big Tuna 5 shares his heart-wrenching but inspirational story. As an immigrant

moving out of a mud house with uneducated parents and only a strong work ethic to his name,

hear what kept him going after countless setbacks for him, his two siblings, and his parents.

From sleeping in a van with his family to befriending a janitor that would let his family sleep in the school gymnasium,

nothing came easy.

Listen to find out how it all turned out and where he found his motivation.

Enjoy.

Big two to five.

Thank you so much for joining the Wall Street Oasis podcast.

No, thank you for having me.

I'm really looking forward to it.

So could you give the listeners just a short background?

Yeah, sure.

So I'm originally from Pakistan.

If you read my post, that was the country I was referring to.

Came to the States when I was like five years old.

Went to Chicago.

I lived there for a couple years and I ended up moving to Michigan. And my upbringing was a little unique, I would say, you know, it wasn't the prettiest, but you know, came to the states, faced a lot of like traditional hardships in terms of like, you know, by really just surviving, both of my parents didn't go to high school.

I'm a first-generation college student.

I was actually the first of my family graduate at high school, which is pretty cool.

Growing up, really looking around, I just really wanted the best for my family and I. Before we, yeah, before we even go there, can you talk to me a little bit about how your parents, why they left Pakistan or how they got over here?

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