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Marcus Heaston S.O. What! Success Story
It’s funny when you meet someone who has “known” you for 20 years.
Because I’m on a mission to impact as many youth and young adults as possible with the S.O. What! Literacy, Life Skills, and Character Education Curriculum, I am always…
Photographer, Father, Future PhD: Sha’Quille Fuller S.O. What! Success Story
Just when I thought I wore a lot of hats. I met someone (Sha’Quille Fuller) who wears a few more and maybe bigger hats.
Yet he still made time to volunteer one of his many talents to the fundraiser I created for the S.O. What! Foundation.…
Prisoner to Pastor, DeAndre Brown S.O. What! Success Story
Several years ago I was asked to join the board of directors for a new non-profit charter school that wanted to come to Memphis, Pathways in Education. We had a small board of only three, and when one of our board members had to leave the board…
Joann Massey S.O. What! Success Story
People don’t have to support you.
That was very apparent to me as a young mother and even more apparent when it really got tough raising a teenager.
But it also became painfully apparent when I became an entrepreneur.
Then, someone,…
Andy Dolich S.O. What! Success Story
It seems like it was just yesterday that I landed my first job out of college.
It was with the Memphis Grizzlies in their inaugural season in Memphis.
Well, it was actually 20 years ago.
But I remember so many details very vividly including…
Breast Cancer Survivor Staci Franklin S.O. What! Success Story
It seems like it was just yesterday that I was looking up to this (from my perspective) super experienced woman who had just been hired to work in Community Investments at the Memphis Grizzlies. I was 21, and she (Staci Franklin) was only in…
Burned by Bullying, Victorious as a Veteran – Justin Brazil S.O. What! Success Story
Once I started sharing my story, I began to hear and embrace the stories of others more and that includes Justin Brazil story.
A few years ago, I spoke on a local panel and met an amazing man with an incredible story of resilience. One of…