Being a young multicultural girl, it was scary to feel unwelcomed in certain places but at Master Gorino’s, every culture, gender, race, and religion is accepted, respected, and loved.

The dojang has given me a wonderful family, including many people who I would never have met otherwise. We all come together with the common interest of Taekwondo but we all leave the dojang with new and different experiences. Many of my classmates are friends that I will keep in touch with for the rest of my life; even though we all come from different backgrounds, we have learned to acknowledge and appreciate our differences.