Program for Indigenous youth building 'momentum for change' in justice system Posted 4 Kimberly Byers, 22, (right) once believed she would live on welfare her entire life. ( Share Print text only Kimberly Byers was prepared for a life of trouble. By the time she was a teenager, she'd spent far too long at the local cop shop. She'd resigned herself to her lot in life, but a fortuitous meeting changed everything. "I thought that was going to be my life, just going to court every damn day," Kimberly said. It wasn't what she wanted, but after a tough upbringing in a family that struggled to make ends meet, the young woman didn't know what else to expect.