Lucero Herrera, left, and K.I. Ifopo fist bump after Lucero read her poem out loud during a Writing to Power workshop. Many of the staff members knew each other before coming to the center, like Lucero and K.I. who were incarcerated together, and have continued to build a bond through their work. “It’s like special magic goes on in this place because of the people that are here. We create our own kind of love and our own kind of care for each other,” K.I. said.