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Gerardo Lopez grew up in gang territory in Los Angeles, CA. At 14, he joined MS-13 a notoriously dangerous international gang. It took 13 seconds for him to be jumped in, but another decade before street crime and juvenile detention centers would be a thing of his past. Today, Gerardo “Clever” Lopez is a gang interventionist and executive director of Homies Unidos, a non-profit that helps at-risk youth avoid making the same mistakes by promoting peace and prevention.    In Today’s Episode: Growing up in “the hood” (04:17)  Locked up. Life in Juvenile Hall (18:29)  The moment Gerardo decides to walk away from his gangster life (22:37) An unexpected helping hand and the power of sharing your story in a room full of strangers. (25:21) Facing 48 years in prison and the day his case was dismissed and a prison guard told him “your free to go.” (35:10)   Wise Words:   “So I ended up getting jumped into the gang, [00:17:30] and when I was getting jumped in the number one thing that I was thinking about, I had already counted down when the carnival was coming into town, when I could walk around that carnival and say that I'm from MS-13, right. To feel that sense of respect, power and pride, if you will.” “Yeah man, they got a green light on you guys.” A green light meaning that they want to go ahead and take your life, they want to go ahead and kill you. Right, so during that time we were all like, man, we thought we would get that respect, power and pride within the gang, now we're starting to feel even more fear, we're feeling even more paranoid because now we just don't have MS-13 after us, now you have all those surrounding gangs after us.” 27:30 “Well, you know I did feel that emotion that remorse, especially the pain and suffering that it was causing my family. I remember there was times when there was gunshots in my neighborhood and my mom [00:33:30] would always come running out with her sandals and her nightgown to see if I had got shot.” “And even having sometimes, well a lot of times, cell mates from people from different gangs that we go along with, or just different gangs and you start talking to these people [00:45:00] and their stories are not like the ones from El Salvador, right but their stories consisted of sometimes similar to my stories. They had a loving home, their parents worked two or three jobs, some of them didn't have a loving home, some of them their parents were addicted to drugs. The violence was just here in the neighborhood, a lot of afterschool programs left.” “When we used to play baseball out on these fields [00:45:30] in these juvenile camps, all the gangsters were the best players. I mean they came from, I remember baseball was big back then, but then a lot of times these parks ran out funding or people quit playing baseball, whatever sport they played and went to gang-banging then.” “I remember going to funerals and seeing moms crying and me sitting next to my homie and watching the casket of my homeboy that was right there, and a mom hugging the casket. Even like wanting to wake her son up. Right. And when [00:50:30] he was getting buried, she tried to jump in that hole right there as well, to get buried with him. Right, and I was all like, man homie, and I'm talking to my homie, it was like, "Man that's messed up right? I hope that's not me next time," right. And he's like, "Yeah."” “If I was leaving the gang, if they were going to take that part of my life from me, I was willing to [00:55:30] let go of that part of the life, you have to go ahead and replace it with something else.” “People can change, it is... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Len is joined by Steven Dufala and Leanna Giancola who are taking a different path to success in life. Steven and Leanna are both eighteen year old entrepreneurs who each earned well over what the average american household earns in one year.  Steven is the youngest District Manager with Cutco. He operates two district locations and one office. Steven is in charge of recruiting and sales. Leanna started investing at fourteen years old and has seen great results in several different markets such as real estate, hard money loans and start-ups. Leanna and Steven both continue to learn through experience and apply the lessons they learn to build on their success personally and professionally.     Also In this Episode: Growing up with entrepreneur parents Access to opportunity and taking advantage of it No college plans Experience > Degrees Life skills Professional and personal goals Dealing with the haters Coming Soon!! - Big Announcement!! . .  

How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public About this Episode: Growing up with an oppressively religious father, Tarzan Kay had a difficult childhood in many ways. Thanks to a mother who led the way out of that situation, both physically and spiritually, she has lived by the mantra of ‘let it be easy’ which has empowered her to uncomplicate things and look for ways of making her life simpler. What You'll Learn:  Examples of how to ‘let it be easy’ How to have good relationships in spite of conflicting views How to see the beauty even in difficult situations Ways open communication can help in your marriage And much more. Links From This Episode: Vibrant Happy Women Club www.tarzankay.com B School Marie Forleo In the Belly of Oz by Tarzan Kay A Course in Miracles (Original Edition) Jane Austen Books (Jane Austen: The Complete Works 7-Book Boxed Set: Classics hardcover boxed set (Penguin Clothbound Classics) Dr.Shimon Levytam Follow Tarzan on Twitter Follow Tarzan on Instagram Jen on Instagram Jen on Facebook Myro   Join the Vibrant Happy Women Club: Learn more at vibranthappywomenclub.com   Subscribe to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public How to Leave a Review: Give us a Rating & Review · How to Leave a Review Ask Jen a Question: Have a comment or question for me? Email me at support@jenriday.com. I'd love to hear from you!  

How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public About this Episode: Growing up in a rural village in Zimbabwe, Tererai Trent had 4 children by the time she was 18. However, she had a sacred dream to go to the U.S. and earn a Ph.D., an idea which many said was impossible. In this episode, Tererai shares her story of clinging to her dream until it became reality, and the steps each of us can follow to awaken our own sacred dreams. Links From This Episode: The Awakened Woman: Remembering and Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams by Tererai Trent Follow Jen Riday on Instagram Follow Tererai Trent on Twitter Jen on Facebook Follow Tererai Trent on Facebook www.tererai.org Vibrant Happy 5 (Jen's weekly updates) Have questions you'd like Jen to answer on the show? Email her at support@jenriday.com How to Leave a Review ...and never miss an episode again by signing up for the Vibrant Happy 5 (includes free guided meditation from Jen), which is a weekly digest of quick n' easy bullet points listing everything Jen created the previous week (including Vibrant Happy Women episodes and Happy Bits), plus other self-love-related goodies you'd enjoy. Make your inbox more positive and inspiring by signing up here. How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com  

In this Episode: Growing up gay I did not give much thought to getting married. Until recently it was not legal. So when Barbara and I decided to make our relationship official, I had not taken time to sit with what being married to her truly means. Possibly it is because not much will change […] Read more

In this Episode: Growing up I spent much time alone, but spending so much time alone felt so lonely.  I wanted to be more like my fantasy-self surrounded by people who made me feel good about myself.  I did not realize back then that other people could not make me feel anything.  How I felt […] Read more

I was tempted to call this Episode "Growing up Brady," but changed my mind. This episode has me remembering one of my most embarrassing moments in life when I had not choice but to go to school wearing two-tone pants. I think you'll find that when you think about life's embarrassing moments, you usually end up learning something in addition to turning bright red. Music from the Podsafe Music Network Jamie Leonhart "Grow"