One extraordinary young man: A tale of two narratives

The measure of a person cannot be accurately measured in times of ease when there are no challenges to confront, no mountains to climb. The measure of a person can only be accurately experienced in times of difficulty, sometimes in serious difficulty, and with challenges that are even unimaginable. And when you happen to come upon such a person who has survived, even thrived in the face of unspeakable abuse and cruelty, and they remain steadfastly in the game of life, well, this person needs to be made an example of. Of what is possible. Of how you can turn a life that has undergone serious trauma into a story of hope and of opportunity.

Meet Boye Mohammed Alhassan. He is known as Boye (pronounced Boh-EE). 

Boye was born in Ghana. He is 23 years old and is a student at Deree, The American College of Greece. He is the former president of the International Honors...