with us, juvenile court judge leslie harris. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. judge harris, welcome to our program. >> thank you. >> hinojosa: so leslie harris, you serve on the juvenile court here in massachusetts. >> yes, ma'am. >> hinojosa: and i guess, before anything, i am sitting before a judge, so should i call you your honor? >> in court, i'm your honor. >> hinojosa: okay, i hope i don't have to see you in court. >> no. outside i'm leslie. >> hinojosa: you're leslie. so we can do leslie. >> yes, ma'am. >> hinojosa: so you have a fascinating background. you grew up in chicago, on the south side of chicago. and you very easily could have become one of the statistics that we hear about-- dropout young black man ends up, you know, involved with the criminal justice system. you ended up in a very different place. you are now sitting on the bench, and you're looking at these young people who come before you. tell me a little bit about how you made that transition from almost being a dropout to ending up as a judge. >> well, the dropout was easy. the assistant