Author Archives: Jack

It was just another exhausting evening when my 10-year-old daughter came running to me—tears streaming down her cheeks. “Mama… he made fun of my hair again.” My heart shattered. She had only recently recovered from cancer. The treatments had taken almost everything—her strength, her smile, and most of her hair. And now, she had to […]

“My dad sold crack and got murdered at 22. My main role model in life was in the streets, as were almost all of my peers. I started attending Eastern Michigan University at the same age my dad died; luckily I did because the older I got, the more tempting the streets became. But I […]