Student Stories

“To me is a constant learning experience. From breathing exercises, poetry, artwork, greenhouse work and more to just being able to be ourselves and cooking food together while learning budgeting. This program is shaping me into a better person and giving me helpful knowledge that’s going to help me now…

“I’ve been locked up physically for 15 years, since I was 16 years old. But mentally locked up years before that. Since being in prison there’s been moments of joy and moments of torture. None the less the pain and misery of being locked up, forgotten and treated like animals…

“The Seed & Bloom program is the best experience I’ve had in 13 years. That’s how long I’ve been incarcerated. I don’t know how to do normal, real-life, basic tasks like cooking skills or budgeting money to cook and feel myself AND other people. Seed & Bloom has come into…