Susan Burton

"I just wanted my life to count towards something good"

Susan knows how difficult life can be. Her 5-year-old son was accidentally killed 30 years ago. After that happened she began doing drugs. She ended up in prison six different times. She got clean in 1997 and never looked back.

She now runs a reentry program for female ex-offenders in South Los Angeles named "A New Way of Life". She has helped over 500 women get on the right path to productive lives. She tries to give these women everything they need to get back on their feet and not succumb to their old ways. She says  "I know now that without the resources and support, it's next to impossible. ... If you don't have a new door to walk through, the only thing is the old door."

She is provided these women with a new door. A fresh start.