Read the full article by Russell Nichols at The Sacramento Observer
Burning up on a roof in Rancho Cordova can give one perspective. Marce Bushey, for one, learned 12-hour shifts installing solar panels under the relentless Central Valley sun wasn’t the future he saw for himself.
At the time, he was fresh out of California’s state prison system. Bushey was paroled in March 2022 after about nine years of incarceration. The solar job paid well enough, but cost him in other areas. He had a long commute from Davis. He wasn’t eating. He felt crankier when he got home to his 9-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter. Plus, he had no time for school.
“I really want to graduate, pass my classes,” Bushey says two years later, “show my kids this is possible for all of us.”