"I went through the program and I know the work is very true," he said. "I understand you cannot have one foot in and one foot out." Terry was just 14 years old when he joined the mentoring program and now serves as the program's director. "If you engage them and try to teach them step by step that's all they need is just the guidance," he said. The mentoring program started at Gary Comer College Prep. Its founder told NBC 5 he had a rough childhood growing up. "My mom and my father they had me when they were teenagers," said Vondale Singleton. "My mom was 15 and my father was 19."