Evaristo Salas Jr.

They didn't even care.

They're like, oh, whatever.

But what I did is I bugged the hell out of them for years.

And just nonstop, every month, I sent them a guide or every few weeks.

And then I would ask my counselors, and I would get a good counselor, and then we would wiggle my way into those classes.

I basically just said, I'm a juvenile.

There's a possibility I'm going to get out because of all the laws that are changing.

And I used that.

My counselor helped me, and they allowed me in.

I just kept pushing and pushing.

And then what I couldn't get for them, I read books.

I got a book on how to build your credit.

I got all these reentry books, like five or six of them, stories of people that got out, what to worry about.

you know, how to budget, all these things I had to provide for myself because I had that anxiety.

And I knew that, and look, I can, my dad, if I go home, my dad will give me a place.

He's offered me, he goes, I got a car for you, one that you can practice how to learn how to drive, and then one you can have.

And I told him, I said, no, I appreciate it.

But I got to do this on my own.

You know, I got to learn how to live.

You know, and he felt kind of bad about it.