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I was about six years old when I found out Santa Claus wasn't real. It was early November when my blabber-mouth eight year old brother told me he knew a secret. Being the younger sibling, I saw my older brother as the ultimate cool kid and it was inherent that I needed to know anything that he knew. But in this case, I wish I had never asked. I was crushed when my brother finally told me that the jolly old man in the bright red suit wasn't going to be delivering presents via the chimney this December nor any December in the future. Despite my devastation, I was somehow able to move on and continue my life as a jaunty, naïve first grader at Ormondale Elementary School. By this time we were living in Portola Valley, California, about 15 minutes away from where I was born in Stanford, California. From a young age, I saw my father and grandfather investing and creating their own business and watched it thrive within the lively Silicon Valley area. I explored my father’s offices as much as possible, mostly looking for the desks with candy bowls, but also imagining myself in my father’s position. I understood that in order to succeed in a similar way it was important to work hard and stay motivated which is why education and school became the primary emphasis in my life. But not far behind education was my love for any and all sports. As I became more serious about sports at higher levels of competition, I narrowed down my range of activities to solely swimming and water polo. Throughout high school, I continued my interests in swimming and water polo by competing on the varsity and club level. When it came to college selection, I was interested in a prestigious academic school with four seasons (something most Californians are unaccustomed to), and a highly respectable athletic program. Now as a 19-year-old freshman at the University of Michigan, I am proud to say that I am exploring my two lifetime interests, studying entrepreneurship and business as well as competing in water polo at a Division-1 varsity level.