He Left Gangs, Drugs, and Violence Behind to Mentor Kids in Juárez | National Geographic

the story does not start like in some

movies or fairy tales mine

Start in a poor city neighborhood

Juarez Chihuahua up to the edge of the

hills in those forgotten neighborhoods

by politicians and people with power

at night he has a debate with me

same

we all have a double personality

for me it was bear and it came in the always

I wanted to be fighting destroying things

stealing jumping wanting to be by

on top of others have respect but

in a violent way

Diego was the opposite because he knew that

that would have consequences is not going to have

its consequences hit will have its

consequences

Diego tries to deal with it but always

there was a ring in my mind trying to

that he dared not go out sometimes he could not

contain it by anger fear that dared

I came to feel living here grow

here is to be sure it will be

had to that you have to belong to a

gang because we got to change a

little with the guys pocket cocaine

marijuana and heroine stone no longer

no longer play the carts no longer play

the hidden you smell you smell the smell

to death street the street not the one of the

bullets that can be touched some day

the lies that open the eyes open

and see the truth

I have the potential to do many things

good and help people and help her

young people who are not the same as me

Now I’m a workshop worker, I give workshops

drawing of paint until rap work with

children from 5 to 15 years old to make them

know that they have some talent

has a specialty a skill that

they have hidden and they can take out

Float pride is to teach them to

express yourself in a good way and when

we change we can all change the

environment and only change in the future

our children our grandchildren will be able

see a quieter city where no

there is violence

to women that to the maysan

luisma establish the mayr da are my life