After leaving school due to getting mugged and brain damage, Justin decided to take up the trades and start WoodGoods Lacrosse, as he did not know if he would be able to continue his education after his TBI. WoodGoods Lacrosse is now the leading provider of wood lacrosse shafts in the industry with over 90% market share and 10 franchise owners across the country. This has given Justin extensive experience in sales, manufacturing, graphic design & branding, as well as supply chain and employee management. Justin chose to return to school in the Integrated Business and Engineering Honors Program at Lehigh University, as it was the only school in the US that would allow him to study civil engineering, architecture, real estate finance, and entrepreneurship in a condensed, self-designed, five-year curriculum. In addition to overloading his credits and graduating in the top of his class from Lehigh University’s most rigorous academic engineering program, as well as doubling revenue for WoodGoods Lacrosse every year while in school, Justin won over 25 scholarships, business pitch competitions, and awards for his work in entrepreneurship and real estate. Justin was able to grow his primary venture–WoodGoods Lacrosse– while working as an intern for CBRE and JLL doing both landlord and tenant-side commercial office brokerage, which he credits as an invaluable experience in sales. Justin used this experience to launch 3DC, a 3D virtual real estate tour service provider and proptech company, which won funding as well as a grant from the state which no undergraduate student had ever received at that time. Justin has recently enrolled in the MIT masters of Real Estate Development Program. He was not only selected as the youngest student in his entire cohort, he is the recipient of the MIT Thomas J. Watch Memorial Scholarship, the MIT CRE Merit Scholarship, the PREA Graduate Real Estate Scholarship, and the MIT Blake Eagle Fellowship. He is also a walk-on member of the MIT varsity lacrosse team.Justin’s additional academic interests lie in proptech, sustainable real estate development, adaptive reuse, and large-scale urban live-play-work development projects. In his free time, he travels to national parks and works from a converted sprinter van RV that he built using his knowledge of the woodworking, electrical, metalworking, and plumbing trades.