To help inspire others with similar backgrounds to excel beyond what society and life circumstances have set to be the norm.

Baltimore, MD
Joined January 2019
From prison cells to PhD. One man’s story became a movement. His journey proves that when education meets opportunity, redemption becomes unstoppable. 🎧 Watch now: lnkd.in/gsatipuG #FromPrisonCellsToPhD #BreakingChainsBuildingFutures #SecondChances
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What happens when people with lived experience lead the conversation on redemption and second chances? We brought powerful insights on incarceration, education, and hope to the Mississippi Book Festival. This is what second chances look like. 💡 #P2P #MississippiBookFestival
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Every survivor deserves to be heard. Every community deserves to heal. 💜 Join our P2P Womxn’s Cohort & Light To Life for Healing Across Borders, an interactive dialogue on survivor-led healing & prevention. 📅 Oct 27 | 1:00 PM ET 🔗 Register: conta.cc/47lwPQ6 #DVAM
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Powerful stories deserve to be heard. This month, we’re celebrating Mickey, Comms Sup, for amplifying our scholars, sharing their accomplishments, and challenging the narratives that define people by their past instead of their potential. #P2P #StaffSpotlight
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💪 100 men. One powerful story. 🙌 Judith Negron just introduced Breaking Chains to 100 men at the Miami North Dade Reentry Facility—and they're ready to read! Representation matters. Our past doesn't write the ending. conta.cc/4B6LhJq #BreakingChains #SecondChances
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Real change starts with learning—and listening. 📚 Education for Liberation explores how education can transform lives, expand opportunity, and reshape justice. If you believe in second chances, this conversation matters. conta.cc/4d8Kz1t #P2P #EducationForLiberation
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From prison cells to PhDs, second chances need somewhere to begin. We’ve officially acquired our second transitional home—our very first dedicated to women and their children. Read the full story: conta.cc/47Fi2Qh #P2P #SecondChances #Reentry #HousingIsHope
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Maryland is uniting leaders, advocates, and justice-impacted students for the University System of Maryland’s first annual Higher Education in Prison Symposium at Towson University on November 19. conta.cc/4zkcIO4 #HigherEducationInPrison #UnlockHigherEd
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Dive into a massive month for the P2P family, featuring our second transitional home for women and children, the Mississippi Book Festival, and stories that change what's possible. canva.link/gbf13v2bobzj6mz #FromPrisonCellsToPhD #HigherEducation #SecondChances
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The P2P family is headed to Urbana-Champaign for the inaugural Pathways Convening (Oct 8–10)! Proud to have @Dr_Andrisse speaking on Breaking Chains, Building Futures. Let's turn access into opportunity! conta.cc/4rL2x2s #FromPrisonCellsToPhD #EducationJustice
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Access matters—but so do the pathways that come next: leadership, careers, and economic mobility. Cameron Gregory Walton brings lived experience to the conversation about what happens after the door opens. youtube.com/@UnlockHigherEd #UnlockHigherEd #RiseUp #HigherEducation
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Before the PhD, there was a prison cell. In 2021,@Dr_Andrisse shared how a 10-year sentence became a journey to science, education, and leadership. Five years later, the message still hits: people are more than their worst decision. youtube.com/watch?v=KuvbMtKH… #P2P
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🎓 Huge congratulations to Robert Hall for passing his PhD qualifying exam and becoming a @Stanford PhD candidate! He’s been named a Science Envoy for Wonderfest, training scientists to share their work with the public. wonderfest.org/robhall/ #Stanford #PhDJourney
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How survival skills become scholarly success. Pell Grant restoration opened the door, but system-impacted scholars still face major barriers navigating higher ed. Discover how returning students turn resilience into academic achievement: 👉 fromprisoncellstophd.substac…
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When state leaders, higher ed experts, and justice-impacted voices sit at the same table, we build real pathways home. Honored to have @Dr_Andrisse speak at @NGA's #BridgingPathways2026 on how postsecondary education transform reentry. #P2P #HigherEdInPrison
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What comes next? Leadership. Opportunity. Economic mobility. A real pathway forward. Join @UnlockHigherEd for a conversation with the newly selected to the @RiseUpHEP Steering Committee, as we talk about what happens after access. conta.cc/3IG0tDH #UHE #RiseUp #P2P
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🎓 BIG congrats to P2P Scholar Larry Kintzer for making the Dean’s List at South University while earning his B.A. in Psychology! Not just rewriting the narrative—excelling in it. 👏🏾 #P2PScholar #FromPrisonToProfessionals #DeansList
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What does real collaboration look like? 400 people. 17 states. One room. Corrections. Reentry. Higher ed. Government. Lived experience. Community. Not just sitting together. Building together. That’s Reentry United. 👇 conta.cc/4i9f9hl #ReentryUnited #P2P #Reentry
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📖 What happens when your life, reputation, and truth are put on trial? Tamara Cotman Springs tells that story in Sordid Injustice—a memoir of courage, resilience, and refusing to stop standing. Read her story. 👇 bit.ly/3TiHAiB #BookOfTheMonth #SordidInjustice
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Dr. @noelvest started college inside High Desert State Prison in 2005. Today, he’s a BU professor after earning his doctorate and completing a Stanford fellowship. Hear Noel discuss recovery, accountability & prison education Sept. 22. conta.cc/4iWR8Kz #PrisonEducation
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Five years. One powerful vision. 💚 Celebrating Dezi Riley and The Mastermind Co-op on 5 years of turning lived experience into opportunity, community, and change. Help us celebrate: conta.cc/3ThXhXr #BreakingChainsBuildingFutures #SecondChances
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