About the Author Born and Raised in Brooklyn, NY, Theresa "Resa" Sanders-Brinson was the 4th of her mother's 7 children. Growing up in some of the roughest parts of Brooklyn has allowed her to see some of the unfortunate situations life had to offer poor black kids. After her father died in 2001 and almost losing her mother to a serious condition, she was determined to turn her life around and not become a product of her environment. She first developed her love for writing when she was creating and selling poems to her friends in JHS. After attending some of NYs finest schools such as Fashion...