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After 19 years in prison,
I got a second chance...

I felt like a mistake. I can't explain why but I just never felt like I belonged or was good enough. Then I found drugs and alcohol and they felt like the answer.

I made worse and worse decisions until, just after my 18th birthday, my decisions led me to arrest and prison.

Only in prison, feeling like I had lost everything, did I finally find the freedom to choose a different way to live.

I got a lot of help, did a lot of work and, after 19 years inside, earned the attention of the Governor of Viginia who believed in me enough to give me a second chance.

Now, I work to help other people free themselves from mental, physical and emotional prisons. Sometimes the work is helping them realize that they deserve it, that they are not a mistake. Other times it means navigating the complexities that stand in their way.

Whatever the issue, my goal is to help people be free in mind, body and spirit. Sharing my story, writing and coaching are ways in which I use my mistakes and my experiences to help others avoid the same pain I experienced.