Domestic problems forced Derontae ##us out to the streets when he was 15 . Child advocate steered him Catholic college preparatory school for low - income children . A child advocate first alerted Mason 's mother about Don Bosco , one of 24 schools in the country that use the Cristo Rey model : a combination of employment and academics . Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School provides students with jobs that pay for their education .
Domestic problems forced Derontae ##us out to the streets when he was 15 . Child advocate steered him Catholic college preparatory school for low - income children . Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School provides students with jobs that pay for their education .