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Brandon, 29, has been at Harbor View since 2010. He did notgraduate from high school and never attended college. “I was onthe streets doing drugs and methamphetamines be<strong>for</strong>e I went tode-tox. Finally I got on meds again.” Brandon is very creative andlikes to make beaded jewelry, play guitar, sing, and write poetry. Hewants to be the lead singer in a rock band, sell his jewelry, T-shirts,shrines and body oils that he makes. One <strong>of</strong> his goals is to open upa dance club someday. Brandon told me that his most difficult challengein life is to “maintain my stability, have a home, a foundation,and money.” He plans to move to Santa Monica someday.27

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