This is the Cash skate team – which stands for "cause all skaters hustle."

And that’s exactly what this group of young men and women did – hustled for years to get a skate park built in Harbor City.

“We don’t want to build cemeteries no more, we don’t want to build jails, we want to build skate parks, I really wanted to make a change, a difference in this community,” said Emilio Otero, one of the skaters on the team.

And at just 19, Otero is making a big difference. 

He sits on the Harbor City Neighborhood Council, cleans up the city with the rest of the Cash skate team, and fought to get the skate park built for five years.

But the Cash skate team is not doing this just for themselves. They're doing it for the city’s youth and to give future generations somewhere to go locally.

“Cleaning the community so we can be an example to these people and show them that you can do the right thing as long as you’re determined, you’re motivated you just got to love your city like,” said Otero.

Howard Scott Junior is President of the non-profit City Lights Gateway Foundation. When he met the Cash skate team at a neighborhood council meeting and heard what they wanted to do he was impressed.

He wanted to help them achieve their goal, and he did help them as they received a $700K grant for the project.

"They say the fastest way to make change in a person’s life is to give them opportunity, these kids have taken it and they’re carrying the banner to lead the parade in this community in a good way," said Scott.

The Cash crew doesn't just hit the pavement on their skateboards, they also did it in the last election, canvassing for Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, helping to get him elected and increasing voter turnout.

"I feel like it's not even a blessing I feel like we really worked hard for this. This is something we wanted so we accomplished it," said Otero.

Breaking ground on the skate park is the first step towards something new in Harbor City. But breaking stereotypes is something this group hopes will change the way people see their community.