Do you think capitalizing on making improvements in the dynamic areas can outweigh those static factors? For example, if a young, minority man has grown up in a low socioeconomic area with few resources, has a family history of substance use and mental illness, and has experienced abuse and neglect and been exposed to violence throughout his life, can an athletic scholarship opportunity at a small school where there is a lot of support and camaraderie help him to change the trajectory of the fate some would argue he is destined to, based on the static risk factors?

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