Complex sentence: While her school counselor, Coleman, believes she can make something of herself, Sweetness is more interested in immediate survival than her long-term future, and she allies herself with Roland, who lures her into the world of drug dealing.
Split into simpler sentences: While her school counselor, Coleman, believes she can make something of herself, Sweetness is more interested in immediate survival than her long-term future. She allies herself with Roland, who lures her into the world of drug dealing.