Diego 'Yung Pueblo' Perez

I was really fortunate, you know, so I grew up in Boston and I grew up really poor. When I think about what my major trauma was, it was literally just struggling through poverty with my family. My mom, she worked cleaning houses. My dad, he worked at a supermarket. So we were stuck in a very classic American poverty trap. And

I was really fortunate, you know, so I grew up in Boston and I grew up really poor. When I think about what my major trauma was, it was literally just struggling through poverty with my family. My mom, she worked cleaning houses. My dad, he worked at a supermarket. So we were stuck in a very classic American poverty trap. And

I was really fortunate, you know, so I grew up in Boston and I grew up really poor. When I think about what my major trauma was, it was literally just struggling through poverty with my family. My mom, she worked cleaning houses. My dad, he worked at a supermarket. So we were stuck in a very classic American poverty trap. And

I was really fortunate, you know, so I grew up in Boston and I grew up really poor. When I think about what my major trauma was, it was literally just struggling through poverty with my family. My mom, she worked cleaning houses. My dad, he worked at a supermarket. So we were stuck in a very classic American poverty trap. And

I was really fortunate, you know, so I grew up in Boston and I grew up really poor. When I think about what my major trauma was, it was literally just struggling through poverty with my family. My mom, she worked cleaning houses. My dad, he worked at a supermarket. So we were stuck in a very classic American poverty trap. And

I was really fortunate. So I grew up in Boston and I grew up really poor. When I think about what my major trauma was, it was literally just struggling through poverty with my family. My mom, she worked cleaning houses. My dad, he worked at a supermarket. So we were stuck in a very classic American poverty trap.

I was really fortunate. So I grew up in Boston and I grew up really poor. When I think about what my major trauma was, it was literally just struggling through poverty with my family. My mom, she worked cleaning houses. My dad, he worked at a supermarket. So we were stuck in a very classic American poverty trap.

I was really fortunate. So I grew up in Boston and I grew up really poor. When I think about what my major trauma was, it was literally just struggling through poverty with my family. My mom, she worked cleaning houses. My dad, he worked at a supermarket. So we were stuck in a very classic American poverty trap.

I was really fortunate. So I grew up in Boston and I grew up really poor. When I think about what my major trauma was, it was literally just struggling through poverty with my family. My mom, she worked cleaning houses. My dad, he worked at a supermarket. So we were stuck in a very classic American poverty trap.

I was really fortunate. So I grew up in Boston and I grew up really poor. When I think about what my major trauma was, it was literally just struggling through poverty with my family. My mom, she worked cleaning houses. My dad, he worked at a supermarket. So we were stuck in a very classic American poverty trap.

I was fortunate to get connected with this youth organizing group called BYOP, and that was based in Boston. And what we did was basically just learn how to organize ourselves, literally bring people together around a common cause. And then we would go to different schools and ask students, what do you want to change about your school? And they would either focus on changing different policies or

I was fortunate to get connected with this youth organizing group called BYOP, and that was based in Boston. And what we did was basically just learn how to organize ourselves, literally bring people together around a common cause. And then we would go to different schools and ask students, what do you want to change about your school? And they would either focus on changing different policies or

I was fortunate to get connected with this youth organizing group called BYOP, and that was based in Boston. And what we did was basically just learn how to organize ourselves, literally bring people together around a common cause. And then we would go to different schools and ask students, what do you want to change about your school? And they would either focus on changing different policies or

I was fortunate to get connected with this youth organizing group called BYOP, and that was based in Boston. And what we did was basically just learn how to organize ourselves, literally bring people together around a common cause. And then we would go to different schools and ask students, what do you want to change about your school? And they would either focus on changing different policies or

I was fortunate to get connected with this youth organizing group called BYOP, and that was based in Boston. And what we did was basically just learn how to organize ourselves, literally bring people together around a common cause. And then we would go to different schools and ask students, what do you want to change about your school? And they would either focus on changing different policies or

I was fortunate to get connected with this youth organizing group called BYOP, and that was based in Boston. And what we did was basically just learn how to organize ourselves, literally bring people together around a common cause. And then we would go to different schools and ask students, what do you want to change about your school? And they would either focus on changing different policies.

I was fortunate to get connected with this youth organizing group called BYOP, and that was based in Boston. And what we did was basically just learn how to organize ourselves, literally bring people together around a common cause. And then we would go to different schools and ask students, what do you want to change about your school? And they would either focus on changing different policies.

I was fortunate to get connected with this youth organizing group called BYOP, and that was based in Boston. And what we did was basically just learn how to organize ourselves, literally bring people together around a common cause. And then we would go to different schools and ask students, what do you want to change about your school? And they would either focus on changing different policies.

I was fortunate to get connected with this youth organizing group called BYOP, and that was based in Boston. And what we did was basically just learn how to organize ourselves, literally bring people together around a common cause. And then we would go to different schools and ask students, what do you want to change about your school? And they would either focus on changing different policies.

I was fortunate to get connected with this youth organizing group called BYOP, and that was based in Boston. And what we did was basically just learn how to organize ourselves, literally bring people together around a common cause. And then we would go to different schools and ask students, what do you want to change about your school? And they would either focus on changing different policies.