Arnold is motivated to witness the possibilities of change. He has a strong desire to show those who are inside and outside that transformation is possible. This ethic has led him to work within the California Prisons, side-by-side with the prison population.

Arnold earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Social Work at Fresno State University. Arnold assists with Project Rebound, a student support services program for formerly incarcerated students at California State University, Fresno. He also interned as a mentor at Fresno’s Juvenile Justice Campus in the Focus Forward program and continues to play an active role there, he now currently interns at West Care’s Health and Wellness Program as he finishes his last semester at Fresno State.

Arnold deeply values the opportunity that IGP provides for humans to grow from seedling to full bloom. Having spent the better half of his life in prison, he experienced his own transformation which enabled him to break out of his shell and become a proactive and productive member of society. IGP has allowed Arnold to continue this fruitful journey as he shares his personal life story and the endless possibilities of change with those he now works with the inside of prisons.