New Student Orientation 2019

When I am angry, I smile and laugh far too much than normal. I then go back in a silent place, write down everything and that gives me peace.

I have been on sesame street.

I can perform magic!

I am near professional (top 0.1%) at a stupid car-soccer game called Rocket League. I also love to play steel drums!

I work with the Ocean City Beach Patrol in the summer.

I am a children’s book author with more than 50 published books to my credit.

I’ve broken both of my feet (but thankfully not at the same time)

I climbed to the summit of Mt. Fuji this summer!

I like elephants and want to travel to Kenya and Mongolia!

I can speak three languages-Mandarin, Japanese and English.

This is my first time moving away from my hometown. This little boy from Tennessee is meant for more!

I’d like to play basketball and video game at my free time.

I have two Golden Retrievers.

I enjoy listening to podcast and thinking of creating one myself one day!

I just got back from a trip to Cuba

I am 9th generation Floridian

I have never gone by my first name.

I had a hamster named Nala that I ended up returning to the pet store after three weeks of keeping her.

I love pets of all kinds and have had cats, fish, axolotls, chameleons, and a leopard gecko.

Interned at School for Autistic Learners in Cape Town, South Africa for three months!

I spent my summer traveling to three other countries and road-tripping across the U.S.

1. It is interesting to note that I first role on both an airplane and a train at the age of 28. Can you imagine, those were the scariest moments of my travels, and thanks to the Netherlands for such a wonderful and exciting exposure.
2. The achievements I am must proud of are earning an MSc in Economics and being admitted to the University of Delaware to pursue graduate studies in Public Policy. They are remarkable achievements considering my challenging economic background.
3. When I was age 16, I lost my Mom and Dad due to snake bike and trauma respectively. It was then the start of a long series of challenges I must overcome  because from that moment on I stand alone and must take care of my brothers and sisters. Conditions forced me to be a man even though I was actually a boy. So, Philosophically, I became a man when I was a boy.
4. Growing up as an orphan, I couldn’t distinguish Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Supper since I could barely afford daily meal, and as that result I coincidentally ate only once a day. So, I actually and clearly understand both the theoretical and practical meanings of poverty. I see education as a way for the elimination of poverty and for a sustainable life. I wish to acquire a PhD as I look forward to being a Development and Environmental Policy Specialist.
5. Growing up as an orphan, I couldn’t distinguish Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Supper since I could barely afford food and as that result I ate only once a day. So, I actually understand both the theoretical and practical meanings of poverty.
6. My parents worked as health practitioners before their demise. As a midwife, my mother hurried to such a situation where a woman was about to deliver her baby. My mother assisted and the lady gave birth safely. The baby mother was abandoned by her boyfriend and family members for unspecified reasons, and as such she couldn’t afford baby material. My late mother decided kindheartedly to bring some supplies that every new baby mother would need but on the way back fate unmercifully strike her and out of nothing a venomous snake bite her. Since the village was so isolated, the necessary help against the poisoning was not available and several hours later she passed away. This was one of the reasons I am so passionate about public policy since it deals with wide-range of issues such as: health, education, Environment, law, psychology, sociology, political science and others.
7. Even though I am risk averse, but at some point of my life I became a risk seeker. For instance, in pursuance of my undergraduate studies, I left my hometown and traveled to the capital of Liberia, Monrovia with no prior knowledge where I would stay. In the quest for education, I sold and slept in the streets of Monrovia for several months and later got robbed of my business by some arm robbers since I was exposed and vulnerable with no dwelling place. In spite of the difficulties, I maneuvered to complete my undergraduate program.
8. My late mother had the greatest influence on the person I am. My father encouraged me to study medicine while my mother was mostly interested in me pursuing my own dream. She once said, ” My son, pursue any discipline that would help you make a positive impact in society, and that would make you successful in life”. May her soul rest in peace!

1. Like finding good restaurants.

2. Love the TV episode How I Met Your Mother.

Gerald attended basic primary education in a school that had no classrooms (took classes under trees) and without desks (sat on mounted stones). He would often attend school barefoot. He is passionate about Education!

I hiked through mogotes and swam in a cave in Cuba.

My family raised three litters of basset hound puppies.

Played four years of Division 1 baseball at Delaware State University

I almost went to school to become a commercial pilot

I’m a third degree black belt in taekwondo

I have a twin sister.

I have a new puppy named Diego

I’ve taught English in Thailand and Costa Rica.

I like to cook!

We don’t live in pyramids

Enthusiastic fan of Star Wars am I.

I am into modern calligraphy, fashion, and K-pop.

2 of my favourite books:

• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

I enjoy cooking, particularly southwestern cuisine.

I just finished my undergrad in Electrical Engineering at UD.

I studied abroad in London and Israel.

I got my scuba certification this year through UD.

I like cooking and would like to share tasty traditional food of my hometown for my friend.

I used to live in Italy when I was a kid and traveled through much of Europe while I was there.

I can eat an entire jar of Skippy Natural Peanut Butter in one sitting.

I love to play tennis as I have been playing since the age of eight, I also love to cook.

I don’t have a solution, but I do admire the problem.