I am a formerly incarcerated person and the co-founder and executive director of From Prison Cells to PhD, a nonprofit that mentors formerly incarcerated scholars in achieving their academic and professional goals. I was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. When facing time for my charges, the prosecutor declared that I was a “career criminal” and there was no hope that I would change. That prosecutor was wrong! Years after completing my sentence, I am now an endocrinologist scientist and faculty at Howard University College of Medicine, affiliate at Georgetown University Medical Center, and former faculty at Johns Hopkins Medicine. I also serve as a board member for the Advocates for Goucher Prison Education Partnership (GPEP) and the Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network.