Growing up, it was just me and my mom. I didn’t have a father figure in my life, and I was definitely going in the wrong direction. Most days, I would skip class and find ways to get into trouble. I was hanging out with the wrong crowd, and doing a lot of things I [...]
I attended 10 schools before I began 9th grade at East High School. During my four years at East, I moved nine times. In the midst of my life being very unstable, I turned to Jesus and found stability in Him. Through relationships with several UYM mentors, I found the support I needed to keep [...]
I’m currently a junior at North High School in Denver, and I’m on the right path with Jesus. But it wasn’t always that way. For a lot of years I made some really bad decisions. I drank, did drugs, and was involved in some other things I shouldn’t have been because I was spending time [...]