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Crystal Ferguson
I grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, one of the toughest neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Quincy Street is where it all started. I lived in a brownstone, with my mother, brother and one sister. Though I neve...ver másI grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, one of the toughest neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Quincy Street is where it all started. I lived in a brownstone, with my mother, brother and one sister. Though I never lived in the New York City Housing, I encountered the same mistakes and made the same bad choices as the young sisters who lived there did. I had two sons out of wedlock dropped out of High School and went straight to the Welfare System. I can remember always dreaming of becoming a Lawyer and having my own home, complete with a Range Rover, nice bank account and a very intelligent and handsome husband. The good thing about my life was I new exactly what I wanted. I just did not know how to go about getting it. One day I was sitting at home, watching TV and my mother gave me a letter and it stated the WEP Program, this was abbreviated for [work experience program].This program was a mandatory program for those who were receiving Public Assistance and in order to continue to receive your benefits, you had to work for them. Though I was afraid to enter into the real world, I was excited. I was placed in a legal / Litigation unit where I encountered a few positive sisters who embraced and guided me along the way I went from no diploma, to College where I attained a degree in Social Science. I am working on a Hand Bag line called Meesh; I won an award from American Song Writing contest for Lyrics only I collaborated with numerous well known artists and this book if your Mother never told you. I will never tell my young sisters you cannot achieve your dreams and goals but I will tell you it is a better road to take you have other choices and for all of the sisters who made it and have successful lives teach the next sister how to get to were you are. My last accomplishment will state a degree” in law”.ver menos