Brandon Suarez was born in 1991 in Philadelphia to a Puerto Rican father and a mixed Italian and Irish mother. He has lived most of his life in Frankford with his mother while visiting his father every other weekend. He enjoys playing basketball and hanging out with friends. His goals are to graduate high school, attend and graduate from college, buy his mother a house, have a good job and family, and stay in touch with childhood friends. He finds inspiration from his grandmother, a friend, an uncle, his mother's struggles, self-motivation, struggles of friends, and his neighborhood and school.

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