. >> reporter: like tonya, elizabeth huffman, a current student, says the class has given her a whole new attitude towards life. >> when i came here i was really, really kind of lost, you know, really feel like you don't have a whole lot of hopes and dreams. >> reporter: that was then. today, elizabeth is working on her second business plan, after getting her feet wet with her first idea. >> i did my last business plan, my last class, second time through on a beading company which i actually implemented and i made a bunch of jewelry and stuff and actually have made money to support myself and my mother too while i'm in here. >> reporter: she like elizabeth is bursting with ideas. >> i want to open up like a prisons resources and photo print small, nothing big, just small, to help the women in here because they may not have family. >> reporter: whether she ends up opening that shop or not, time will tell. but for now, shahlan da and the other women are taking what they are learning from the life class and turning their lives around. >> i refuse to come in and leave the same way i came