1) The document discusses trauma and gang violence through the lens of an ex-gang member, Adam Ellis. 2) Ellis explores how childhood trauma and exposure to gang culture can lead some down a path of gang involvement as adolescents and young adults. 3) As someone who has lived the experience of being in a gang from a young age, committing acts of violence, and eventually leaving that life behind, Ellis is well positioned to discuss the relationship between trauma and gang affiliation.