Mirus Ponon

Beloved American football coach and National Football League luminary Vince Lombardi famously and quite rightly said, "Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."

In fact, the quote is practically a template for De La Salle University scholar Mirus Ponon's young but promising story - one that is precisely driven by an admirable cause and clearly headed toward true leadership.