The Year: 2035 Title: Dr. Montana Tarpley – Founder & CEO of the Second Hands Institute and National Youth Empowerment Collective

Montana Tarpley, once a local youth mentor and community advocate, is now a nationally recognized thought leader in criminal justice reform, youth entrepreneurship, and reentry program innovation. Her journey from a compassionate Youth Care Specialist and transportation entrepreneur to the architect of sustainable community reintegration models has redefined what resilience and reform look like in action.

Clad in her signature polished style—professional yet warm—Montana commands rooms with both strategy and heart. Her presence reflects a balance of grace and grit, the same energy she once carried into Boys and Girls Club meetings and now channels into national policy discussions.

Her impact includes:

🔹 Founding the Second Hands Institute, now with over 40 hubs across the U.S., offering life skills, GED access, housing solutions, and microenterprise funding for returning citizens. 🔹 Launching DaughterZion.org’s a global spiritual-entrepreneurial network helping women and men reconnect with purpose post-incarceration. 🔹 Authoring her bestselling memoir “From System-Touched to System-Changer”—now used in over 100 universities. 🔹 Advising federal committees on reentry strategy, education, and workforce reintegration. 🔹 Opening the Tarpley Center for Justice Reform & Youth Empowerment in Danville, VA—a model replicated nationwide.