His Story
Langston Lazarus Jackson was a high school football standout with a college future ahead of him. Then the identity pressure, the transitions, and the pain became too heavy to carry.
He turned to heroin trying to fill a void. In 2013, an overdose put him in a coma. Doctors told his family he would likely never wake up — and if he did, he might never be the same.
He woke up on day 37.
He had to relearn how to talk. Relearn how to walk. He rebuilt from zero — finished school at CSUN, and turned the worst moment of his life into a message that students across the country needed to hear.
His middle name isn't an accident. Lazarus came back. So did Langston.
Before: College athlete, high achiever, identity built on performance
2013: Heroin overdose — 37 days in a coma, organ failure, zero expectations
The Turn: Woke up against all odds. Relearned to walk and talk.
Now: Speaker, survivor, proof — standing in front of students who need this message
"Your lowest moment
doesn't define you —
your story isn't finished."