no one knows this violence and its consequences better than naomi mcswain, once a gang member, herselfars ago, she was a member of the notorious crips, still today one of the largest and most violent street gangs in the country. but unlike many gang members, mcswain escaped, later finishing college and becoming a journalist who reported on gangs and looked for solutions. in 2010, mcswain became executive director of the 20 year old wooten center, founded by her late aunt, myrtle fayerumph. she set up store front havens to get children off south l.a.'s mean streets after her 35 year old son, al wooten was killed on one of them in a drive-by shooting. naomi mcswain, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. i think most of our viewers want to foe right away, how did you get out of the gang life? >> my mother. she intervened. she saw her daughter changing. i went from a practically straight a student to a practically straight f student. this was in high school. and i was doing drugs. she didn't know all that but she saw the signs of it. my belligerent truancy. she pretty much saw