6. He lives a seemingly privileged life on Manhattan’s Upper-East Side…. But Demetri’s life has been anything but stereotypical…….
7. Upon graduating high school, Demetri decided to put attending college off for a year and to travel the world to see what else was out there. What began as a vacation turned into the learning experience of a lifetime.
8. The following images aretaken from Demetri’s personal travel log They are real-life depictions of Demetri’s gap year
15. “Going to Ghana really helped me get in touch with what’s important in life. You come from this big bad city full of people consumed with what they have and how they dress. It can mess with your head if you live in that world for too long without taking the time to experience something like this.”
16. Bringing what he learned back to the states…… Hurricane Katrina left New Orleans in shambles. Thousands of volunteers flocked to the southern state of Louisiana to help. Demetri was one of them.
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18. Vancouver Olympics But surprisingly this American wasn’t cheering for the USA….
24. “I’ve been all over the world. Every place has brought with it a new experience; a different perspective on the way in which I saw the world before. The earth is a rapidly evolving place, and as long as you’re on it, why not get up off your ass, get out and see it? It doesn’t hurt if you help a few people out along the way.”
