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Meet Steve Strong
Director
Steve dropped out of school at twelve years of age. Before long, he was using methamphetamine regularly. His first arrest was at fifteen years old. He went in and out of juvenile hall and jail and at twenty years of age caught his first prison term. Steve did three more prison terms by the time he was twenty-eight. Tired of going in and out of prison, Steve finally walked himself into the Delancey Street Foundation in Los Angeles for an interview. “I was tired and lost. I wanted to change. I just didn’t know-how. But I knew Delancey Street was the place to figure it out.”
Steve spent five years at Delancey Street. It was the opportunity for change Steve was looking for. During his time at Delancey Street, Steve got his G. E.D. He managed the warehouse. He served as a “Crew Boss” in charge of stewarding newer residents. Steve also worked in the Legal Department and ultimately was charged with heading Delancey’s satellite facility in Charleston South Carolina.
Steve graduated from Delancey Street and was leading a successful life in the oilfields of North Dakota when he was contacted by The Other Side Academy. Steve was highly regarded and courted by the other The Other Side Academy faculty members who knew him from Delancey Street to help run the day-to-day operations and Steve is now an integral member of The Other Side Academy team.