Nicholas D'Agostino


Nicholas Albert "Nick" D'Agostino is an American motivational speaker, author, coach, radio host, nonprofit founder, and entrepreneur from Wantage, New Jersey. Along with his identical twin brother, Anthony, he was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at 18 months old and started using an electric wheelchair at the age of 6; he received a full posterior stainless steel rod around his spine at the age of 8.
He performed orations at hundreds of shows, benefits, and open mics events, e.g. his poem "My Heroine" at the March Against Heroin to hundreds of people, including addicts and recovering addicts, at Mountain Creek, in Vernon, New Jersey, and at MDA Show of Strength, where he performed his poem "Gravity," to raise nearly 1 million dollars for the Muscular Dystrophy Association".
In 2012, D'Agostino, alongside his brother Anthony, launched his own online radio show called ANTagoNICKs, which had 71 episodes, and numerous shows with over 1,000 listeners.
In the same year he founded The Safe Heaven, a nonprofit organization which focuses on "helping people realize their potential and self-worth." Through an online forum, their social media sites, and local events, The Safe Heaven has interacted with thousands of individuals.