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Shadi Abdalla
Writer
Shadi Abdalla, who was diagnosed with ADHD as a young adult, started a nonprofit tutoring company, became a member of his city’s advisory board, and has been accepted into and started college at Carnegie Mellon University. He studies pre-med and plans on minoring in psychology.