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...felt everyone was so amazing. 'I have nothing,' I thought. Skating was in the past and I didn't know how to translate it into the present," Chang says. "I got here freshman year and realized we had to figure out 'where's my niche, where do I fit? What makes me special?...I didn't know how else I could do it other than skating. I'd done it for so long, committed my life...
Skating was reassuring amidst the "chaos" of his first year. "Freshman year I felt I needed something to give my life structure. I thought skating was something very centering, structuring." He decided to resume training and competing when he went home for summer vacation. During his sophomore year, Chang began competing on the East Coast and fulfilled his goal of qualifying for the national championships. "I didn't do that well, but...the judges and the skating community liked the fact that I was a positive role model--staying in school and skating...
...meant a lot to be able to get into this school, It meant so much just being here," Chang says...
...biggest fears was coming to terms with my sexual orientation," Chang says. "I'm from Orange County, California. It's very conservative. I didn't really know [I was gay when I was younger] simply because I don't think I was in tune with anything. It was do what you have to do: School skating school skating. When I thought about being gay, I'd think `Maybe it's too early to say. I still haven't had any meaningful experiences that would allow me to know...
...came out to my girlfriend [freshman year], but she was wonderful--we were best friends," Chang says. "I don't feel that I would necessarily have been able to do that at other campuses. People couldn't be that intelligent, tolerant, understanding about things and willing to put themselves on the line for other people...