When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments.

Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.

Due to financial reasons, I dropped out of school after eight years of formal schooling.

When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments.

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

Because I am not formally trained in the medical sciences, I can bring in new ideas to AIDS research and the cross-fertilization of ideas from different fields could be a valuable contribution to finding the cure for AIDS.

I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature.