I believe that it is my job to fight for the rights of others to have the same rights that I take for granted. As a white, American male, I have had it quite good. I recognize that and fight every day for everyone to have the same opportunities that I have had.

Do ballet and play football. Sing and dance. Laugh and cry.

I just try to walk the walk. I try to live every day with the utmost honesty and integrity to myself and the people around me.

I will go to my grave wishing that I did more. Wishing that I didn't sleep as much. Wishing that I didn't waste so much time. Wishing that I fought harder.

I am certainly vulnerable when I sit down with parents who have lost their children to gun violence. The emotion that they experience is so foreign to me that I find it very hard to say the right things.

I have been so damn lucky to be able to do what I love my entire life. I never take that for granted.

I wanted to tell stories about people who didn't have the chance to tell their own.