You know, it's the unexpected connections on Twitter that can make a huge impact on one's life on a personal level. When someone new replies to a tweet of mine, I try to immediately check out their profile...admittedly, I don't do that as often as I'd like.

But when @jdbasketball on Twitter cheered on the Terps with me, I did that time. And what I found out about him, led me to approaching JD about letting me interview him on this blog. Obviously, since I'm writing this, he said yes...and well...while this post is long I hope you learn as much as I did from someone who has been able to marry what they are passionate about with a commitment to change make a positive change in the world.  Here's our interview.

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