VIDEO: New Jersey Trooper Went from Homeless to Inspiring Others to Achieve Their Dreams
Video: New Jersey Trooper Went from Homeless to Inspiring Others to Achieve Their Dreams
“Coming from that background, feeling defenseless about what’s going on in the community and my household I had to come back and make a difference,” she said. “It’s one reason I chose this profession.”
March 29, 2018
New Jersey State Trooper Stacey Lloyd grew up in extreme poverty. Now she inspires others to achieve their goals.
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New Jersey State Police Sgt. Stacey Lloyd beat the odds of a tough life, and now she’s helping others in need. Her patrol vehicle was parked on Newark’s Martin Luther King Boulevard on Wednesday, where she grew up bouncing from apartment to apartment in a domestic violence household on welfare.
“My dad actually died in prison six years ago,” she told CBS2. “He started on heroin and was locked up on accessory to murder.”
Her mother worked hard to support Lloyd and her two sisters but fell into an abusive relationship and turned to alcohol.
“Coming from that background, feeling defenseless about what’s going on in the community and my household I had to come back and make a difference,” she said. “It’s one reason I chose this profession.”
She now recruits people to join the force. Her peers say her ability to tell her story shows people who think they can’t accomplish their dreams that they can.
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