Ambassador of Hope: Turning Poverty and Prison into a Purpose-Driven Life

Andre Norman's early life put him on a path to prison. Raised in poverty and surrounded by dysfunction, Andre gravitated to his neighborhood gang. His choices there led to time in juvenile detention, and eventually a maximum-security prison, with sentences totaling over 100 years. During that time, Andre became one of the most dangerous gang leaders in the Massachusetts prison system.

Then came the epiphany. Just before Andre was to be crowned "King of the Prison," he had a realization--that...