From Dirt To Design: It Took A Community To Save A Kid Who Wanted To Save Himself-..

This biography is a portrait of a young man making his way from an existence characterized by deprivation and insanity to a life as a graphic designer and businessman.The uplifting story of Ron Bercume is a real-life example of the effects of caring teachers, good friends, and personal drive and tenacity.LOCAL PRESS REVIEW: Early bio to benefit local studentsANDY FLYNN, Lake Placid News - Reading "From Dirt to Design," a biography of former Lake Placid resident Ron Bercume Jr., I kept asking myself the same question: "What makes this man in his early 30s so special that a biography had to be written about him?"Bercume had a troubled childhood with divorced parents, and he's had ups and downs with his own relationships, coming out the other side of life's challenges a success thanks to his hard work, talent and perseverance. There's no doubt he worked through some tough stuff, and he deserves credit for repeatedly picking himself up after getting knocked down, brushing himself off and fighting the good fight. But with all the come-back-from-the-dead stories in our over-saturated media landscape - filled with cancer survivors, legless veterans and more - the circumstances in "From Dirt to Design" are not so extraordinary to warrant an early biography that sufficiently answers the question, "Why should I care?"That said, when you consider the book's audience - disadvantaged teenagers who are impressionable and are faced with tough choices about which road to follow, the good one or the bad one - having Bercume's life story in their hands is a valuable resource.FULL SOURCE: https: //www.lakeplacidnews.com/news/local-news/2014/06/06/book-review-early-bio-to-benefit-local-students