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Podcast: From Wrong To Strong
Episode: "My Neighborhood Is Calling Me Back" - w/ Ignacio Gonzalez
Description: I am joined on this week's podcast by Ignacio Gonzalez. He was born and raised on the southside of Chicago in a neighborhood named "Back of the Yards." His family was hardworking and loving. From a young age he is taught the value of hard work and service to his people and community by his father who was also a church deacon. He learns to maneuver through various Chicago gang neighborhoods on his way to and from school. After high school, he finds that college is harder than he expected and decides to join some of his buddies who we...