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Casey Diaz came to this country when he was two years old, the oldest son of El Salvadorian immigrants who settled in the barrios near downtown Los Angeles in the 1970s. An abusive father who constantly beat up his mother propelled Casey into street gangs at the age of eleven. He rose quickly within the ranks of the Rockwood Street Locos and participated in home invasions, carjackings, and stabbings of rivals, often with a screwdriver or knife. At sixteen, he was arrested and sentenced to nearly thirteen years in a state prison for second-degree murder and fifty-two counts of robbery. After two years, Casey was shipped to New Folsom State Prison and placed in solitary confinement for twenty-three hours a day. When an older black woman committed to prison ministry approached his cell and told him about God's love, Casey scoffed at her. Then, one day, a miraculous event took place in his cell that changed everything...

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Casey Diaz is a native of El Salvador and a former gang leader. Growing up on the mean streets of Los Angeles, he was forced to fight for his life. He was eventually incarcerated as one of the most violent criminals in California and placed in solitary confinement. His life was forever changed in that cell when God approached him in a miraculous way. Grateful for a second chance at life, he currently resides with his wife and three children in California. Miguel Borda was born and raised in Colombia, where he studied music, audio, and video production. After working in television production and teaching, he moved to the U.S, where he oversees design and production for the church he attends, produces television commercials that are broadcast on UNIVISION and UNIMAS, and produces radio spots. In addition to his production work, he narrates audiobooks.

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