Teaching Chess and Life- Make predictions

Carlos shortly spoke about life in his neighborhood and how negatively influenced it was. " Many kids my age in Washington Heights wind up in gangs, as drug dealers,jail, or dead." So he vowed to not end up in one of those situations. With the help of Chia, it positively influenced him so he would stick by his decision. But what would the outcome if Chia never came into his life? And having read that he did, maybe Carlos went on to be a mentor to other children living in the same environment he was.