Bryan Hullihen's Story

When Bryan Hullihen was seven years old he and his family moved to Lake Worth, FL which is about fifteen minutes north of Ft. Lauderdale. This was Bryan’s first experience with what most would consider “city life”. Up to that point Bryan had only lived in a small agricultural town of Florida. Bryan was an honor role student prior to moving to “the city” and when his first report card from the new school came his parents were less than happy. Bryan brought home a report card of three - F’s, three - D’s, and one – C. At this point in Bryan’s life his mother was still a stay at home mom so his father was the only income which meant there was not a lot of extra money in the home. This didn’t stop Mr. Hullihen’s father from enrolling Bryan into private school the day after he brought home that report card.   Bryan Hullihen and his father developed a study plan together to help Bryan improve his grades and they worked on it together every day. Within a few short weeks Bryan’s grades r...

Bryan Hullihen was born in 1978 in a small town just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Hullihen had an older sister named Heather and his parents were Bryan and Christine. Bryan’s father had a small business in the steel industry which, due to the influx of Japanese steel to the U.S. in the 70’s, went under when Bryan was only one-year old. In 1981 Bryan Hullihen and his family moved to south Florida where his father was offered a job running a steel mill, however, when they arrived at their new town Bryan’s father was given the news that the mill would be closing and the job was no longer available. Bryan’s father was very traditional and he wanted his children’s mother to be home with the kids so he commenced to work three jobs in order to provide for his family. Even though Bryan’s father was extremely busy Bryan remembers his family being together every day for dinner and his father reading to him at night before bed. Bryan and his sister Heather were only two years apart in age w...