Around Crofton:Team Surlis, a Crofton family real estate group, helps finance a school in Haiti

Aidan Surlis of Crofton was born and raised in County Sligo in Ireland. It's a poor area where his family owned a general store.

Education was a priority in his family. His mom felt the only way out of poverty was with a good education. She moved her kids from school to school just to find them scholarship opportunities.

Aidan's twin sister is a nun with the Sisters of Mercy in Ireland. She holds a degree in art therapy and teaches "children of travelers," similar to what we know as gypsies.

After high school, Aidan went to seminary and became a Roman Catholic...