Bring Explanation Through Education: To the Disengaged Teens and Young Adults of Low-Income Communities

Summer is the time of the year we all enjoy, well at least I would. Growing up summertime was the best as it was the end of another school year, vacation, beach trips, surviving heatwaves, and evacuating because of various wildfires. Normal right? Well at least for me in my community it was. I grew up in the valley of San Fernando in the close-knit cities of Pacoima, San Fernando, and Sylmar. Here is where I grew up with my family, along with many other low-income families. In the summertime, in my house, the air conditioning would be on almost…