From a young age, Alan Henry knew what it felt like to be left in the dust. Abandoned by his father after his mother's death, eight-year-old Alan was passed around from relative to relative, from Brooklyn to Cincinnati, until later in his teenage years.
Despite finding some normalcy, security, and a comforting home life in Cincinnati with his uncle, aunt, and cousin, Alan was forced to return to his father in Queens, New York. The strained relationship and lack of direction in life led Alan to one goal: to enlist in the army and attend college.
During a serendipitous mishap that forced him to spend time in a Pennsylvania hospital, Alan began working as an Armed Forces Radio announcer at Valley Forge, a job that would forever change the course of his life.
Through persistence and an unquenchable curiosity to go beyond the confines of what had been tried before, Alan Henry finally found his place in a world that had mainly shown him estrangement and pain. He ultimately found his dream and made a lasting impact on the world around him.
