Rob Henderson was born to a drug-addicted mother and a father he never met – and grew up in ten different foster homes in California. When he is finally adopted into a loving family, he is hopeful that life will finally be stable and safe. 

But divorce, tragedy, poverty, and violence mark his adolescence, and Henderson enters the military upon completing high school. 

He recounts the steps and missteps he took to escape the drama and disorder of his youth and argues that the elite among us benefit from a set of social standards that actively harm the most vulnerable.