About Quan

Quan Huynh has been described as a mighty warrior, a magician, and a mountain of goodness. He is the bestselling author of Sparrow in the Razor Wire: Finding Freedom from Within While Serving a Life Sentence. His book was written for men that are doing long or life term sentences, and in it, he shares how he found his freedom years before he was even paroled. 

He works as the Executive Director for Defy Ventures in Southern California, whose mission is to shift mindsets, to give people with criminal histories their best shot at a second chance. After spending twenty-two years in and out of correctional institutions, Quan was paroled from a life sentence in 2015 and created his first company, Jade Janitors, Inc. six months later. The following year, he received the Peace Fellowship Award for his work with the Alternatives to Violence Project. 

Quan is certified through Loyola Law School as a Forensic Gang Expert and recently graduated from Harvard Business School's executive leadership program. He has been featured in Entrepreneur, PBS Newshour, Talks at Google, Tedx and numerous other publications and podcasts.