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Overcoming Troubles In Richard Cabral's Life

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During life, many people are faced with troubles that can lead them down the wrong path. This can cause them to not get many opportunities that they could’ve gotten before. With this being said, sometimes we have to overcome hardships to discover our true potential. Richard Cabral was a troubled teen who got arrested for the first time at the age of thirteen. He was a gang member that was constantly surrounded by trouble, causing him to get arrested many times. When he was twenty, he shot a man and was facing up to thirty-five years in prison, but luckily the ma survived, so Richard was only given a five year sentence. When Richard got out at the age of twenty five, he was determined to change his life around. He was informed about a company

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