Donald Shandler lived in a cramped apartment Behind his father\'s Candy store until he was 17 years old.
Follow him on his journey to "the other side of the street," from failing out of college on his first attempt to finishing his career with a PhD from Ohio Stat.
Like many first-generation Americans, Shandler discovered that education would offer him a Path forward.
He became increasingly aware of the painful differences that separated his family from others, and he yearned for a better life.
Donald Shandler lived in a cramped apartment Behind his father\'s Candy store until he was 17 years old