When Will Morales was only 14 years old, he was already a leader of an infamous gang, in prison for dealing drugs. It took his
brother’s death for him to realize he had reached rock bottom.
After a lifer taught him how to read, he decided he wanted to
help others — young-people like himself -with brains .and high
aspirations — .to stay out of trouble. Now a 27-year old law student, home owner and. founder of Boston’s Urban Edge’s Youth
Police Partnership, Will shows kids how to defend themselves
with words, not fists, knives and guns. “I still carry a gun,” Will
tells them, “But it’s a mental gun-and what I’m shooting for now
is the sky –the hope, peace and freedom in the sky!”