My City January 2023

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FINISHING

BY MARK SPEZIA PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANGELA MCCANE STRONG

D uring a 2018 gathering of roughly ten people, includ ing some family members, Matiere-Bey was two years removed from seeing his pursuit of higher education and a promising college football career grind to a halt after sub standard academic performance forced him to withdraw from Ferris State University and return to Flint. By then the father of two young girls, Matiere-Bey admits he had lost his way and been pulled back into what he calls, "that Flint life."

The lowest point of Nic Matiere- Bey's life is forever etched in his memory, a measuring stick of how far he has come.

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