IN-PRISON PROGRAM ASSOCIATE

Aaron is a husband, father, brother, author, minister, and now RISE Family! After 16.5 years of incarceration, he's out in the community looking to make a difference. While inside He worked as a GED tutor for years, led an evangelistic ministry, took college courses in various areas and read over 1,000 books. He's not afraid of hard work and loves to grow.

Aaron loves to write - he has published two books and has a third coming out soon (check him out at aaronpettesspeaks.com)! Aaron said "I can't wait to get into the fields with y'all! It's not very often that purpose, passion and opportunity coalesce but I believe in this case it has happened."

Aaron Pettes is teaching at the Omaha Correctional Center.