Ray Trom, 46, survived trauma that no child should have to experience, first after his parents died leaving him with abusive relatives, to being relinquished to an orphanage with a brother he barely knew, learning to fend for himself from abuse from other children. At age 12, he was adopted to Minnesota and thrown into an American school knowing little English. Through it all, Trom found his path in life and has felt both gratitude and loss, helping him to become the person he is today.