I would like to thank my mommy who helped bring me into this world aong so my daddy, my little sister, and GOD! I would like to give a shout outs to those who helped me with this research paper, everyone at Teen Empowerment, and my teachers Ms. Fullon and Mr. McCafferey. To all my friends from T.R.I.C. Set, the Circle, the Blackteenos, and to Marta and Brenda my two Latina daughters. I was able to build a special relationship with you all and I will forever rememver these precious memories whether they were good or bad. For all the others who I didnt get to mention like the boys; Jonathan, Shawn, Romane, Keith, Maliek. And dedicate this project to myself because I worked to hard on this, and dedicate this to the youths of the future. :D