GAC FILIPAY IS A REFUGEE FROM THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. FOR THE PAST TWELVE YEARS, HE HAS WORKED AS A JANITOR FOR COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. HIS JOB TITTLE IS "HEAVY CLEANER" WHICH INCLUDES EMPTYING THE TRASH AND CLEANING THE TOILETS.
THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, HE UNTIL 11 P.M. EVERY NIGHT DURING THE WEEK. AFTER HIS SHIFT CONCLUDED, HE WOULD START STUDYING. THIS WEEKEND, AFTER TWELVE YEARS OF STUDY, GAC GRADUATED FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WITH A CLASSICS DEGREE. RARELY HAVE I MET A PERSON WHO EXHIBITED SO MANY QUALITES..
I ADMIRE.
