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Ten years ago, I was known as federal inmate # 16524-046. Today, I am walking across the stage at The University of Montana, graduating with my Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, earning multiple honors, a 4.0 GPA, and being named the Outstanding Social Work Student of the Year. If you had told me a decade ago that this would be my reality, I don’t know if I would have believed you. I grew up on the Fort Peck Reservation, a place that raised me, shaped me, and ultimately becam