Christopher was born and raised in Chicago, he is 20 years old, and he is a graduate student in social work. He likes doing new things, meeting new people, and he enjoys watching football.
Christopher told us about his childhood. He was born and raised in a violent neighborhood. They were three different type of gangs. Christopher said “ I joined the gang for my safety.” He thought the best idea at the time was to join a gang for him to be safe out in the streets. At the age of 15 he got locked up for defending himself and he got charged as an adult with 92 years in prison.
He then turned his life around. After he noticed that it wasn’t a good life to being out in the streets, he decided to change his mind about how he wanted his life to be like. Christopher said, “when i look back at the situation I should have asked for help.” He started studying the bible in order to change his life around.
He dedicated himself more into school. Christopher got a scholarship for college and he wants to be the mayor of Chicago in 10 years which will be at the age of 35. He also started a group called “United As One”.
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