the only problem with him, though, was that he was on drugs. a couple of charges came up. reporter: he got caught? a couple times, yeah. and three years ago, they deported him back to jamaica. frederik felton junior. reporter: in june, when fred walks across the stage to accept his high school diploma, kirk isn t there. but his mother and christie are. how did you turn out the way you turned out. a brother a drug dealer, a father not in your life. i don t want to be poor like my mom is now, not a drug dealer like my brother. i look at what they do, i decide who i want to be. there are choices. you have a segment of the population that s being underdeveloped. there s talent there, potential there but the access, the opportunities may be lacking.
health aide to make ends meet. i happy to know he has people in his life who cares for him, people that if i m not around, he has people he can really rely on, he can, you know, run to. this is the application. what was the s.a.t. reporter: christie stepped up as fred s mentor. her church and now his extended family. i m saving the application. the key is for someone like christie to leverage our institutional resources and my personal capacity and make it available for the young people who have the desire to grow. i want to thank y all for keeping me on the straight path instead of the other way i could have gone. reporter: the church has filled a hole left by fred s older brother, kirk. we were always together. he always made sure i had food to eat or make sure i had
every line into memorization. reporter: first, he must get into college and find money to pay for it. stay focused and completely block everyone out. reporter: today he s auditioning to get into the drama program. good afternoon. when ever you re ready. i hate you! you know that? you know that? yeah, you, too, because now, you turned your head, you ain t looking at me no more. reporter: while fred acts, christie adams it was. christie is the 28-year-old youth minister at buster sorees church. we have so much to be grateful for. we spend so much time complaining. she has a masters of divinity. without being humble, if you were not here, would he make the spot?
reporter: fred dreams of becoming somebody. i pray for this audition and give him the strength to have every line into memorization. reporter: first, he must get into college and find money to pay for it. stay focused and completely block everyone out. reporter: today he s auditioning to get into the drama program. good afternoon. when ever you re ready. i hate you! you know that? you know that? yeah, you, too, because now, you turned your head, you ain t looking at me no more. reporter: while fred acts, christie adams it was. christie is the 28-year-old youth minister at buster sorees church. we have so much to be greatsful for. we spend so much time complaining. 14e has a masters of divinity.
people that if i m not around, he has people he can really rely on, he can, you know, run to. this is the application. what was the s.a.t. reporter: christie stepped up as fred s mentor. her church and now his extended family. i m saving the application. the key is for someone like christie to leverage our institutional resources and my personal capacity and make it available for the young people who have the desire to grow. i want to thank y all for keeping me on the straight path instead of the other way i could have gone. reporter: the church has filled a hole left by fred s older brother, kirk. we were always together. he always made sure i had food to eat or make sure i had clothes to go back to school in, all that.