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Connor was born in Maryland and moved with his family to Colorado when he was 12 years old . He graduated Fairview High School , located in Boulder , with a full diploma in 2012 . Connor concedes that while his primary and secondary education was good , “ It was a struggle in terms of accessing the standard curriculum classes and succeed in them with appropriate support services .” Connor said that it was hard work for him to keep up with a full course load and it was also hard work for his parents outside of school to make sure he could be in those regular classes . While he liked all of his classes , his favorites were literature , geology , and algebra . Connor shared that he , “ once got a D in
Latin but my parents thought it was awesome that I even took Latin and that I liked it !” He continued , “ My parents were very proud of my efforts as long as I did my best and that I was a good citizen-student .”
Aside from his schoolwork keeping him very busy , Connor also was an avid athlete . He really enjoyed being on the