Malik Wade was born and raised in low-income housing in San Francisco, CA during the 80’s at the peak of the crack cocaine epidemic that swept through America's inner cities. Malik was a good student and superior athlete, but his life would change forever when he sold his first rock of crack cocaine at the age of 15. Over the next two decades Malik would experience a turbulent, yet amazing, personal transformation. Malik is a leading voice for youth and is currently spearheading a national youth mentoring movement to help save the lives of young people in inner cities and underprivileged communities. Malik Wade is a mentor, author, entrepreneur and thought leader whose story of personal transformation has motivated and inspired many.