I am a graduate of a college preparatory high school, former captain of varsity sports teams, member of countless organizations and clubs in college, but mostly importantly I am a brother.

I had the privilege of growing up in a loving family and when I was 4 years old we welcomed our newest member, my little brother. From a very young age my parents taught me about brotherhood and explained how I would always be the role model in my brother's life. They must have really drilled me with this because I've never gotten into a fight with him. We rough-house a lot and I may have chipped his tooth a few years back but that's about the worst of it (still sorry for that).

During my time in high school I was always the athletic guy and naturally I turned out to be a pretty good leader and befriended most of my classmates. I was this guy.

I loved my sports teams and through them I found a new way to define brotherhood. Instead of being a role model to one guy I was now a brother with everyone in the program and a new member in a huge family. The football team did everything together, and instead of being with my friends I realized I was with my brothers. I love those guys to this day, even if some of them go to the University of Michigan.

In college I was naturally attracted to the brotherhood that fraternities had. I wanted to find the huge family that I could place my trust in and grow with, just like I had in high school. I wanted a brotherhood, not a semester full of guys tossing Sriracha on my bathing suit zone. Naturally I was nervous when I rushed and started the pledge process. After our first meeting all of my nerves were put to rest and I realized that I was exactly where I wanted to be. I quickly became friends with my pledge class and as we went through the semester together we became pledge brothers. As time went on the older guys in the fraternity and I became friends, and if you fast forward to the present we are all brothers.

Without learning about the importance of brotherhood at a young age I wouldn't have grown to love my sports teams or been drawn to Greek life at all. Brotherhood has always defined me as an individual and I believe that as a human race we need it to survive.

Today our society differs on almost every hot topic issue and we are a divided nation. We will never be equal and that is why we are unique. We are united by the fact that we all come from different ways of life but breathe the same air. We walk this Earth as individuals but as brothers we march.