Jason Amada has always been curious in novel methods to study. Amada grew up in New York City, not the average American little town. He lived in Forest Hills, Queens, and Manhattan's Upper West Side. Like many other families, he had to move from rental to rental. Almost every week, something new occurred in a community that seemed like a country. New neighbors moved in, old ones left. Playgrounds become parking lots. It was a new world. New York City has changed, but Jason Amada's adolescence was filled with flux and a fast-paced existence.