 The struggles you have now, they don't go away, but you actually do get stronger because of it. It becomes your strength. Toma has connected in person with kids in 25 states. How many of you here have ever had that feeling of anxiety? This particular audience is right in his hometown of East Hanover, New Jersey, at a middle school where he wasn't sure he'd ever graduate. In seventh grade, I missed another 50, 60 days of school. It was hard, but I couldn't get myself to keep showing up. I kept selling myself short, guys.