Angalia Bianca has been arrested more times than she can count. By the age of 17 she was a full-blown heroin addict. She had five kids while in and out of prison for 12 years. Those were the headlines over decades of Bianca’s life. But at the age of 50, Bianca changed the narrative, when a chance encounter would lead her to a new career as a violence interrupter working with at-risk youth. She is saving lives every day serving the invisible population to which she once belonged.

 

In this episode, we talk about:

• Becoming addicted to heroin by age 17.
• Being initiated into the Latin Kings gang.
• Her experience of being in and out of prison.
• Entering a halfway house, second chances and becoming a violence interrupter.

 

Author of "In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter"

 

Episode benefitting Acclivus Inc. Chicago

 

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