Back in 2010 I earned a 240 month sentence, conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and cocaine, when I first got in prison I was looking to fit in with the crowd so I would hang around guys that was not beneficial to my short or long term goals and that was to change my way of thinking. I me a few good men who was wanting something better as I did and we just started working and programing in 2011 this was way before the first step act was thought about and I had an outdate of 2028 so I was overwhelmed with that far away out date but I started off small by doing money smart and business class and from there I started doing carpentry and masonary vocational trainning classes and learning what I could from diffrent sources of communication and course because I will learn something but my learning come through doing something over and over again , I would get frustrated at first but as I kept getting into diffrent classes taking things away I begain to build confidence, on of the greatest accomplish that I gained was working as an apprentice and getting certified through the ohio department of labors department, I learned how to become a professional cook something that my grandma use to show me when I was a kid in the house with chickenpocs or when I broke my leg so I ve had a passion for culinary since I was young and I had the chance to master the art of cooing for 16 hundred men and watch them enjoy themselves enspire me to keep on pushing on and coming home and furthering my kitchen expeience and become a chef and own my own business! I have been on the R Dap drug unit since Nov. 2022 so I’ve learned a lot about myself and my community members I’m a senior member just waiting to release to halfway house in Dec,2024.