The search for connection is a consistent theme in Ogawa’s life. The only Asian student in his school, he felt like an outsider and struggled to make friends. Ogawa carried that childhood lesson from Texas to North Carolina. Despite serving as high school valedictorian, earning placement in the QuestBridge Scholarship Program and receiving the Graham F. Smith ’77 Scholarship, Ogawa experienced imposter syndrome once he arrived on campus. “I thought I was a good student,” Ogawa said, “but Davidson students are on a whole different level.