As a young teenager growing up in San Franciscos Hunters Point Projects, Candice Pierson says I can remember a time when it felt like I was going to a funeral every single Friday. With support from her two parents and the Hunters Point Family Girls 2000 program, Candice chose a very different life for herself and her daughter Malia. I raise [Malia] like, girl, you are independent, you are wonderful, you are great, you can do whatever you want to doand it really comes out in her personality. San Francisco. June, 2018.