José joined a L.A. street gang when he was sixteen and was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison at the age of eighteen. When he paroled from prison, he vowed to himself that he would never go back and dreamed of one day telling the stories of his peers. At the age of 31 and on the brink of taking his own life, he was able to remember a simple truth that he had believed as a child - that he as a person had inherent value, therefore his story had value. It was in that moment that he was able to find the value in his story once again. Jose is the founder and lead creative of We Are All One Story. He currently travels the country listening to and sharing peoples stories.
