When I was seven years old, I was diagnosed with ADHD in combination with a severe processing delay. Having and dealing with a learning disability is by no means easy, and there are times when I feel as though I don't quite make the cut. Despite my self-consciousness, I have come to learn over the years that having a learning disability does not make me disabled and that my deficits do not have to define me. With that notion in mind, I have managed to compensate for many of my shortcomings and have accomplished truly incredible things over the course of my life: I have become a member of the National Honor Society, have been in the top 20% of my class for three years running, have sung in one of the famed recital halls at Carnegie Hall with
