In this essay, PW blogger, Steven Pacheco provides hope and encouragement for people facing re-entry. Steven is an undergraduate at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, majoring in Sociology. Growing up in the Highbridge section of The Bronx, social injustices have always been within arm’s reach in his everyday life. With this sort of upbringing, his desire and passion to combat these inequities emerged. Currently an Opportunity Fellow at the Vera Institute of Justice via t