All I wanted to do was please my adopted family.

At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and walked away, talking to myself that I may have found my mom.

I burned down our house, and that put a strain on our family.

I really believe in the last name Hoffa being something powerful. You want to live your life to bring honor to that name.

It takes a strong character for a person to say, 'I can't do it.'

When you're growing up, you want to feel part of something.

You want to try to find your heritage.

When you have lost people like I lost my birth mom at a young age and you remember the whole process of losing her, you want to grab on to something that makes you whole.