GRCC culinary student refuses to let health, life challenges hold him back
March 12, 2024 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Daryl Mitz has a lot on his plate.Alongside his studies in the Grand Rapids Community College Secchia Institute for Culinary Education, he also balances fatherhood, a full-time job at Vitale’s Restaurant in Comstock Park, and treatment for his chronic kidney disease.“At first, I was afraid it was going to be a struggle, but I’m doing it,” he said. “I feel like, if I’m able to work through all this, I’m able to do anything.”