Chris Young is a consultant author and public speaker. Raised in Clarksville Tennessee he came of age in a community shaped by severe poverty instability and limited opportunity. Sentenced to life in prison under outdated federal drug laws Chris spent more than a decade incarcerated. In 2021 he was granted executive clemency. Since his release Chris has earned a degree in economics and public policy from Southern Methodist University and founded Coherence Consulting a firm that uses data policy analysis and lived experience to reimagine how institutions invest in human potential. He lives in Dallas Texas.
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The inspiring memoir of a brilliant young man who, sentenced to life in prison, refused to surrender his future—a story so powerful that it transformed even the judge who handed down the sentence. If our world were more just, Chris Young ... SEE MORE