From a young age, Ayman had to learned to handle delicate situations, “My brother had a heart transplant when I was 2 years old causing me to learn how to handle situations properly” During his younger years he would go to judo classes filled with adults. Not because he was merely watching, but because his instructor was impressed by his progress and the fact that he obtained a black belt at age 8, he felt that Ayman could handle himself in a class of supposed more skill opponents. Fear was …show more content…
“That was a time in my life that I struggled”, he says. “I wasn’t even able to communicate to my cousins because there was a language barrier.” Since he was only 10 years old when he moved to Brazil, he was able to slowly adapt and learn Portuguese with time. While in Brazil, he decided to take charge in participating in the community, “Oh yeah I forgot, you wanted to join boy scouts when you were younger”, his mother says. At the age of 12 he formed a group within his school called “Group of Teens” which is a community service group designed to help clean up the surrounding community. “Yeah after I made that group other schools started created the same type of groups. It was like I was one of the founders of an organization almost”, he says. A year later, the school nominated Ayman the school representative and sent him to participate in board meetings talking about the education system in middle