Meet Gac Filipaj. While working as Columbia University's janitor in the afternoon and evening, he would take classes in the school during the day. It took him 12-years to finish his undergraduate degree, and he finished his degree last year with honors! He still works as a janitor at our school. His ambition is to get a master's degree, maybe even a Ph.D., in Roman and Greek classics.
"There's nothing interesting in my life. I only work in my job and take classes. It will be something else if I did a Master's or a PhD." Gac told me when I asked him why he refused to have a movie made about his life.
Meeting him today is one of the most exhilarating moments in my time here at school. He is humble, simple, and driven. All-inspiring traits to have.
Immediately after posting this blog I received this mesage from a friend, Joe Green, on facebook:
For more of Gac's tory, go here:
Huffington Post
ABC News
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