DeAndre Carter is an Educational Instructor at YouthDevelopment Corporation, USA in Saginaw, MI. YDC is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance underserved youth and adults by expanding accessibility in education, training, and career placement within the skilled trades industry. This is a pre and post option for individuals, where we provide tools to prevent those going to prison and give access to resources to assist others that have already entered that world. We here at YDC take pride in putting the work in with our students. DeAndre is a  Certified Instructor in NCCER (National Center for Construction and Research), and also helps students gain their GED and High school diploma.  DeAndre previously served 17 years in prison for drug possession and has only been home for about six months. Since returning, he has been going to school fulltime as well as working fulltime. While incarcerated, he managed to get an Associates in Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship that he’s continuing to build upon. DeAndre’s journey into re-entry and society has just begun. “I’m looking forward to putting in the work to play my part in helping the same society that I've taken so much from.”