There are times when most people would think the odds were stacked too high against Johari Barber for her to succeed. Months before her mother passed away, Johari was still a young girl living with the secret of an assault against her. During her formidable years, circumstances forced her to support herself; when most kids were only worried about doing homework and going to sports practice, she was paying rent and living as an adult. There was no stigma in life that would stop the fire from growing in Johari - not having a father suffering the illness of addiction, a brother surviving more than a dozen gunshot wounds, or even having to live out of state under an alias - all before her early 20s. Now Johari is a STUNNING example of how you can alchemize your life into something beautiful and meaningful no matter what!