The first thing you should know about me, I'm a very lucky guy.

The second thing you should know is, I'm blind,

and that's why I'm wearing these.

I was born with retinal cancer, and at 10 months old,

I lost my left eye.

And at 12 years old, I lost my right.

So why am I so lucky then?

I'll give you three reasons.

I have a loving and supporting family.

I play competitive golf, which I love.

And I'm the lock snapper for the University of Southern California,

which I love even more.

But there's another reason why I'm lucky.

And that's because, even though I'm blind,

even though I have special needs, I got a great education.

There is six and a half million public school students

in the United States who, like me, have special needs.

Some of them have more serious disabilities than I do.

Some of them less.

But most aren't as lucky as I am.

I went to Orange Lutheran, a private high school

in Southern California.

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