Raised by her single-mother in governmental housing in SF, Jaleila found herself hanging out with the wrong crowd. She struggled with theft, drug use, and low performance at school. She was in and out of juvenile and probation camps. But Jaleila realized that she had the potential to do much more with her life, and didn't want to continue sneaking behind her mother's back and breaking the law. She made a commitment to give herself a shot at a better future by changing her group of friends and focusing on a future career in food. And she is doing just that! In the past year alone, she joined JobCorps, signed up with OldSkool Cafe, and applied for an internship at Sprouts. Wants to cook as a way to get herself through her schooling and one day be a registered nurse and use cooking and nutrition as tools to help her patients.