James is the Director and Founder of the Alternative Behavior program. Dedicated to helping high-risk youth, James has fourteen years’ experience in working with some of Houston’s most active street gangs. Previously, he managed an intervention outreach team for the City of Houston, Mayor’s Anti-Gang Office, Gang Reduction Intervention Team. His responsibilities included; coordinating community education efforts, staff development, & incident response services for Houston area schools providing conflict resolution and violence prevention. 

James has served as a consultant to a number of school campuses in Harris County and is a certified mediator, alcohol education & tobacco awareness instructor through the Texas Department of State Health Services, Offender Education Program. James also writes a quarterly gang column in FRUIT magazine, a Christian publication for incarcerated youth.    

James has been asked to speak on both the local and national level presenting and training on the topic of gangs for organizations such as the National Youth Gang Center, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Lubbock County District Attorney's Office, Texas Gang Investigators Association, Texas Violent Gang Task Force, Houston Police Department, Harris County Juvenile Probation, Galveston County Juvenile Probation, Galveston County Criminal Defense Bar, United Way, Texas Network of Youth Services, and the National Guard Youth Foundation.