sean mcdonald has had a very difficult life. his mother committed suicide when he was 4 years old and he was adopted. he grew up in the tough streets of south boston, massachusetts. he began taking heroin at the age of 16, and soon after he was convicted of bank robbery. at the young age of 20, he found himself incarcerated in one of the toughest prisons in america, the us penitentiary at lewisburg. he spent his twenties there. upon his release, he was out of prison for one single day before committing another crime that saw him incarcerated through his thirties in the toughest prison in the state of massachusetts. 4 of those years were spent in solitary confinement. when he was released with that bus ticket in $50.00, the only thing he had to look forward to was homelessness and more drugs. which on the donald did not want to become a statistic, he wanted to become a success. straighten himself out, he kicked his drug habit. he worked hard and he made a life for himself that life is tough, but he's making it we're very happy to