Program for Indigenous youth building momentum for change in justice system
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Kimberly Byers, 22, (right) once believed she would live on welfare her entire life.
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Kimberly Byers was prepared for a life of trouble.
By the time she was a teenager, she d spent far too long at the local cop shop.
She d resigned herself to her lot in life, but a fortuitous meeting changed everything. I thought that was going to be my life, just going to court every damn day, Kimberly said.
It wasn t what she wanted, but after a tough upbringing in a family that struggled to make ends meet, the young woman didn t know what else to expect.
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