"I am always asking, 'Where is my dad?'"
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossfight, gang, JJA, probation, school, UA, visit, weed, 2016
"Mom does the best she can."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossadult, domestic violence, DUI, gang, little, PO, probation, school, 2016
"My dad lives in Mexico. I’m not sure if my mom has papers."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossAWOL, baby, DCFS, drug abuse, LP, probation, school, time, 2016
"She told me today that she’s pregnant."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossAWOL, drugs, GTA, meth, possession, probation, rehab, school, 2016
"She doesn’t have papers; she’s not a citizen."
"I've been coming here since I was ten or eleven."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossdetention, father, mother, probation, school, visit, 2016
"I never got a chance to go to regular school."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossalternative, boot camp, life, mother, probation, school, SPAN, time, 2016
"I always stuck with school. I always had good grades."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rosscutting, detention, house arrest, life, mother, probation, school, visit, 2015
"…if I ever get on track."
Blog, Family-in-Justice, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossalcohol, AM, father, house arrest, little, Post Office, probation, sexual abuse, 2015
"You know what a hitman is right?"
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rosscollege, fight, gang, IBRU, kids, months, probation, school, 2015
"Kids were talking trash about my dad. . ."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossGTA, kids, probation, time, VP, youth, Youth Stories, Youth Stories Kids, 2015
". . .nothing but some stupid shit."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossgang, house arrest, months, Pierce College, probation, school, youth, Youth Stories, 2015
". . .my mom was selling drugs."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossdrugs, Mexico, months, probation, time, Youth Stories, 2015
On the streets or in the projects
Blog, Features, Juveniles, Transitionedrichard rossDCFS, months, pregnant, probation, Project Winos, school, weed, youth
". . . my mom was schizophrenic and blind."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossCreative Visualization, Independent Living Program, kids, mother, probation, Santa Monica, school, SILP
"My life is all over the place . . ."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossDCFS, father, health, life, meth, months, probation, time
