Daniel Zheng

Student in Troy, Michigan

Daniel Zheng

Student in Troy, Michigan

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Hi Dudes. My name is Daniel, a mythical man who's name will be written down in history as one of the greatest. Even so, I go by a variety of other names, ranging from Hercules to the hot guy next door. If you ever get the chance to meet me, consider yourself lucky

Now, I consider myself a modest dude, but I guess a bio means I'll have to share a little about myself.

Ever since I was young, I was destined to achieve greatness. What I didn't realize at the time was that this meant I was to become the Asian Harry Potter, meaning, a magician. I'd watch Lu Chen during the Chinese New Years Show and react in awe as he vanished playing cards. However, since I was coming from a highly traditional family my parents didn't take too kindly to my proposal. During my teenage years, I was in constant bickering with my parents with all kinds of issues. I'd always want to live a more free and "new age" lifestyle, while they wished for me to practice traditional ideals, like practice piano, math, etc.

In recent years, as I've matured slowly, and developed my newfound legendary diplomat skills, my parents and I have renewed our relationship with compromises and apologies.

However, my love for magic and the innovative world never died. This intrinsic curiosity for the unexplainable further expanded to a passion for entrepreneurship. I found myself intrigued with new scientific research and the cutting edge technologies in the business world. Through magic, I've developed an attitude of belief in the impossible and acceptance of seemingly absurd ideas. As high school rolled by, I began strengthening my interests, spending long hours reading up on entrepreneurship, while meticulously practicing magic. Over the sophomore year summer, I researched at a university studying cancer-drug delivery systems. The research was immensely captivating and eventually I took the idea and turned it into a business proposal. I attended multiple business conferences researching, refining, and learning a lot along the way.

Through all this, I guess the biggest takeaway I've learned is to always challenge the status quo and to always dream big. My polar relationship I had with my parents taught me to respect tradition, yet never give up in looking towards the future. If anything, magic has shown me that the impossible is really figment of human creation. Today's impossible will be tomorrow's reality.