Vanessa rarely felt safe. She grew up in LA around gangs. Alone, angry and scared Vanessa was usually found herself around pretty difficult circumstances. At a very young age, she began to cope with substances provided at house parties. Ending up in Juvey in her early teens, she learned things that made her start thinking a little differently. What was it? What happened? What does her life look like now? Hear the rest of Vanessa's story and her motto she lives by that keeps her FREE!