Marquis Taylor grew up in a Los Angeles neighborhood beset by violence, drugs, and gangs. In addition, as child with attention deficit disorder (ADD), he didn't feel successful at school. He did, however, experience success on the basketball court, generating the self confidence needed to help him complete high school and then graduate college. In 2010 Taylor founded Coaching 4 Change. The concept is simple: recruit and train college students to mentor at risk youth in basketball. Together they make the connections missing in today's oversized classes and hectic lives, and the younger players see a future not previously recognized: a future in which they are happy, successful college students taking their own turn encouraging the next generation.