“I got out of jail and I went straight to the Navigation Center. I hit the ground running and I haven’t looked back.”
— Bryan Brewer
“I’ve learned that I can have hope and that I can change the way that I didn’t feel satisfied living, and that I can get back to becoming a contributing member of society.”
— James Salvadori
“I was one of the worsts of the worst here in Merced County and I turned my life around, I really turned my life around. ”
— Jose Perez
“I have keys in my pockets and I have a mailbox and I don’t live out of my backpack anymore . . . two years ago I was in the bushes on the railroad tracks sleeping on the ground.”
