Born and raised on the southeast side of Cleveland, Justin Bibb has experienced many of the challenges residents face as a city firsthand.
When his mother finished school, she could barely read or write, but she turned her life around and was the first in their family to graduate from college — now she’s a social worker.
His late father was a Navy diver and served as one of the first African American first responders in Cleveland Heights, working as a firefighter and special police officer for over 30 years…