“WE’RE IN THE BUSINESS OF
SECOND CHANCES.”
For more than 30 years, Homeboy Industries has transformed lives through its social enterprises by creating jobs, while providing training, support, and healing for formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated individuals. What began as a single bakery in Los Angeles has grown into the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world, proving that business can be a powerful tool for second chances, economic mobility, and transformation.
Transformation Story
Meet Emily
“I’d been using since I was 15 years old, and this is the longest I’ve ever been sober in my life. I got clean once before, but it was only for 3 years before I relapsed. Being able to double that and celebrate 6 years sober this year has meant a lot.”