How a teenage boy became a ‘ninja fighting hunger’

Austin Baron at the “American Ninja Warrior”course filming for Season 17 of the show. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Austin Baron Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 8, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). At just 19 years old, Austin Baron is taking college classes, competing on sports reality television, making handmade dog toys, and raising tens of thousands of dollars to feed the hungry. How does he do it all? According to him, it’s all thanks to “the gifts God’s given” him.…