About the author
Benjamin D. Schuster was born on January 17, 1980 in Cologne, Germany (English pronunciation: /kəˈloʊn/, German: Köln [kœln]. A few months later, his family relocated to Spain where he lived for 13 years, settling down in cities such as Barcelona and Madrid. After returning to his birth town and finishing High-School, his parents decided that Benjamin had to pursue his own destiny, away from the family and his environment. With an economy class ticket in hands, he arrived in Chicago, Illinois. The first stop on his voyage to the United States of America