Adrian Woliver sat in his living room as an impressionable 8-year-old and gazed at the deer heads adorning the walls.
His father, Chad, is a hunter. Mom, Angel, loves fishing. So it’s not surprising that Woliver — who received a criminal justice degree from the University of Toledo — wants to be an officer with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
But the path from childhood to college graduation was anything but conventional for Woliver. The journey was circuitous, twisting, and, at times, tortuous. He endured poverty and an unstable home life, ultimately thriving despite immense barricades and hindrances.