I grew up without my father in my life, I was raised by my mother, aunt and grandmother since I can remember. I didn’t have any kind of positive influential male figure growing up, I was different from the other people I had grown up with. I was an only child; no brothers or sisters related by blood. When I was a teenager, I was still finding myself and discovering who I was. There came a time where in freshman year of high school, I noticed I was leaning more towards the rock scene. When I heard Chester’s voice on the song Numb, it immediately connected with me on an emotional, spiritual and personal level. After years of listening to his raw passionate singing, he began to feel like my long-lost brother, something I’d never felt before. The feeling was so visceral that Linkin Park felt like home, where I was welcomed for being different. My life would be described not only as the band name Linkin Park, but the entire journey of it, like a family of different people from different walks of life. Through his voice and raw passion, he taught me how to become a loving and caring individual, even through messed up days or darkest moments. It taught me that with every obstacle, there is an end, that being authentic and genuine connects you with people that make you realize how unique you can be.