communities, and joining u toda are darius baxter, who is director of e group, good projects, and troy bullock is chief operating officer, and also joining us today is daniel wright who is strategy officer for good projects. you have done l whole of good work in a short amount of time. we first met you a couple years ago and we were impressed by your work and commitment. tell us about good projects, >> it was the brainchild of the three of us. it was started in 2016 when we were still on the campus of georgetown university, and it has grown from a program in anacostia high school when we were trying to combat violence in that area to a larger program with the mayor's office and youth rehabilitation services ere we focus on the youth justice system. >> you have compelling personal stories and pretty challenging experiences in your you turned into real steppingstones. tell us about yours? >> i grow up in washington, d.c., southeastbe d.c. t specific, and it was tough being born in the '90s. my dad did take part in the crack era, and the era where the violence was the highest in washington, d.c.