00:06I went into foster care at 17 years old, probably been like in three or four different homes after
00:12that. The situation could have been way worse, could have probably been homeless.
00:23When I first got here I felt abandoned and then I was like yo like my mom is really not
00:29here
00:29right now, like what?
00:34So when you have like 400,000 children in the US foster care system, how broken is that?
00:51When you crochet, your hands are busy and you talk differently, you connect differently.
00:59My connecting thread, sew them together, all these dreams in my head.
01:05Doing something and watching it grow, the more I put into it, the more that I will see it.
01:10Crocheting is therapeutic for me.
01:12Better days, gonna rise, follow my passion, gonna rise.
01:20Anything can happen and you can just crochet up a whole bunch of things, pay your rent real quick, just
01:25in case.
01:25So the youth figure out what we'll sell in our pop-ups and see their product on the shelf of
01:32major stores like American Evil.
01:35Amazing.
01:37I think if I had a baby this would be my baby's baby.
01:40Actually I feel like that's your style.
01:43Gonna make it colorful, make it bright.
01:47Sold.
01:48All of the proceeds from the sales go back into the hands of the youth that made the product.
01:55It's a really amazing opportunity.
02:05Sometimes you just need that one person in your life that believes in you and is there for you when
02:10you need them.
02:11Connecting friends.
02:13My connecting friends.
02:16I found love.
