 I got a life with the possibility of parole. So after 18 years, they gave me my possibility to come home. I got in car service when I was 15, 35 right now. I spent more than half my life in there. Coming back out in society don't necessarily mean that you will get a job. Before working here, I didn't even know what ERA stands for. Electronics are the fastest-growing waste stream in the world. They're more rare earth metals in landfills because of discarded electronics than there are left in the known, mineable deposits in the world. We're always getting the new phone, the bigger, better TV. In that process, we're making waste out of all these usable electronics. In the process of looking at the new, the now, the current, we miss the wasted potential, whether it's piled up old CRTs or people who have been sent to areas where we don't pay attention anymore. That's a big problem. People are coming out of the prison system and nobody's hiring them. There's a stigma around that. When I was a gang member, nobody had hoped in me. Being discarded and being part of that group that was discarded is very painful. I'm a warehouse associate for Isidore Electronic Recycling. With Isidore, we're trying to promote a different model. We understand that everyone has a different background. Everyone has a different skill set. Isidore Electronics Recycling is a full-service electronics recycler. We are a business that was created to create green jobs for people coming out of the prison system. I am an e-commerce specialist. I was incarcerated for six years. I was basically incarcerated for five armed robberies, charge of kidnapping for taking a hostage. I was sentenced as an adult. This was when I was like 14 years old. We hire through a program called Chrysalis Enterprises. For the past several years, Chrysalis has really been looking to create stronger relationships with companies who are giving folks a second chance to reenter the working world. It is challenging, but in the past year, we've helped over 2,100 men and women get back into the workforce. This is a valuable workforce that's untapped. When I got out, it was really hard to find a job, mostly because I have families. It's probably really hard, and it's really discouraging to come out with not a lot of opportunity, because once you check a box and application, you're kind of out for most employers. We have policies around the way we incarcerate people. We have all these prisons, and then we're not really dealing with when people come out how to forgive them and let them back in. You really don't know what to do. By the time we come back out, we're like so far behind and lost in time. Half the time, I don't even know what I'm supposed to do. Reentry is really challenging, and that's something that we work to support individuals on. We need to include people back into our society once they've done their time. If society can see me in XCOM, like how it is in our systems, you would see like XCOMs do have a chance to succeed. I am able to provide for my family and due to me having this job, my chances of committing a crime are less. It's worked great for my self-esteem. I feel great about myself. I mean, I feel normal. I'm gonna do right. I've been deprived of life, you know? I mean, I've been deprived of having life for so long that now that I have it, it's like there's so much to do.