When I lived in the D.C. area, where I started getting my first jobs, I was somewhat unaware there were people who took advantage of situations at the expense of others. I was the target a couple times. I was young and didn’t realize exactly what was happening at first, but I knew enough to get out.

I don’t feel like a lot of harm came to me because I more or less shrugged it off, but I realized there are some unsavory characters out there.