100 PROFESSIONAL WOMAN'S MULTICULTURAL MAGAZINE WWW.PROFESSIONALWOMANMAG.COM many stories to be told. I wanted to create a company that is female-run and that is telling our stories and giving opportunities." Because the country is currently in a rebuilding phase from the pandemic, especially the entertain- nfou!boe!nfejb!joevtusz-!Ibeejti!xbout!up!tvqqpsu! those who need work and opportunity the most. "The vision is 500 jobs every 3 months for 500 people. That's my vision," she said. "Every time we do some- thing, that's 250, right? So, if I get two projects going at the same time, that's 500 people working. In my mind, this time next year, 1600 people would have been employed, put their kids through school and paid their rent. In my mind, that's what I see."
About the Future
Born to an Eritrean refugee and African American businesswoman in South Central Los Angeles, Ibeejti!hsfx!vq!jo!boe!pvu!pg!uif!Bnfsjdbo!gptufs! dbsf!tztufn/!Ifs!gbuifs!mfgu!xifo!tif!xbt!wfsz!zpvoh-! thus her mother remarried and had two more girls as xfmm!bt!uxp!cpzt/!Xifo!Ibeejti!xbt!ojof!zfbst!pme-! their mother was in a car crash that her stepfather later admitted to causing, leaving her mother with severe brain damage that caused aggressive and violent dibohft!up!ifs!cfibwjps/!Bgufs!uibu-!Ibeejti!cfdbnf! the major caregiver for her siblings until they were temporarily separated in foster care when she turned 12. When she turned 15, their grandmother reunited them once more under her care. Uiftf!fyqfsjfodft!mfgu!b!tqfdjbm!qmbdf!jo!Ibeejtit! heart for displaced children and those in the foster care system. She has partnered with Living Advantage, a opoqspu!uibu!gpdvtft!jut!xpsl!po!uif!xfmgbsf!pg!gptufs! dijmesfo-!bt!xfmm!bt!uif!Mbvhi!Gbdupsz!Dpnfez!Dbnq! boe!ifs!pxo!pshboj{bujpo-!uif!Tif!Sfbez!Gpvoebujpo-! which facilitates programs for foster youth like the Tif!Sfbez!Joufsotijq!Qsphsbn/ Xifo! btlfe! bcpvu! uif! qsphsbn-! Ibeejti! xbt! effusive. "It's going actually very good. The kids are learning a lot, and we have these meetings every few weeks, just checking in with them to make sure they have the skills. We're giving them life skills as well." She continued, "They're coming from a place, well, you know where they're coming from: where I came from. Nobody showed me how to do a lot of things that I wish somebody would have shown me instead pg!nf!ibwjoh!up!cvnq!nz!ifbe!boe!hvsf!ju!pvu/!
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