The founder of Balance Beyond the Game (BBG) is a high school student-athlete and competitive swimmer who has been inspired by the positive impact of emotional intelligence (EI) on athletes.

His passion for mathematics and statistics—the tools that reveal the patterns beneath what we see—led him to explore how EI influences the balance between athletics and academics. This unique perspective combined both his STEM interests and his personal experience as a student-athlete.

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Over the course of two years of research, he completed the first stage of a study on how EI relates to sports-schoolwork balance. The results became the foundation of BBG as a STEM-driven, research-based organization dedicated to helping student-athletes find balance and thrive in both school and sports.