Dom DeLuca, aka “Brooklyn Dom,” is the proud owner of Brooklyn Projects Skateboard Shop in Los Angeles. He interacts with local youth on a daily basis in his shop, and DeLuca stresses the importance of staying in school above all other advice he has for that age group. Finding his passion as a small business owner and informal educator has kept him going through any and all struggles: “I do it, honestly, for the passion. I’ve never taken a paycheck from Brooklyn Projects in the last 25 years.”