Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Barrett akamira pedyo netsoka shanu. Aizivikanwa nokuda kwokupfeka zvipfeko zvisina kurongwa mubasa rake - achimupa zita remadunhurirwa rokuti "Sister Sneakers" - asi aiwanzopfeka mbatya dzakarukwa dzakasungwa mumamiriro ezvinhu epamutemo. Muna 2008, Barrett akanga achishingaira mukutsigira mushandirapamwe waObama
muLackawanna County, Pennsylvania.