08/29/2026
REAL GRINDERS WILL FIND A WAY. 💯
This hit different because I’ve lived it.
I went to Howard High School my freshman year, got kicked out, and transferred to Dickinson in 10th grade. 😂 That’s where I had Mrs. Lakey for Home Economics and started learning about food. Life definitely wasn’t a straight line for me.
I worked at McDonald’s, Sizzler, and in the kitchen at Riverside Hospital. I even cleaned restaurant hoods as a side hustle.
When I got to Delaware State University, I spent a year majoring in Hotel & Restaurant Management before changing direction and eventually getting my degree in education.
Then I became a teacher and coach. I wrote curriculum, worked with principals and superintendents, sat in district meetings and shared ideas to help schools and programs run better. I watched some of those ideas turn into programs, emails and opportunities for other people.
Eventually I started thinking…
Why am I always using my ideas and gifts to help somebody else shine?
So I took EVERYTHING I learned from every stop along the way—the kitchens, the restaurants, college, teaching, coaching, business, side hustles and even the mistakes—and started building something of my own.
Looking back, I was collecting pieces of my future everywhere I went. I just didn’t know it yet.
Now I cook. I teach. I bake. I sell. I create. I mentor. And I own my own business.
That’s why I believe we spend too much time teaching people how to be good workers and not enough time teaching them how to become owners.
Don’t ever think you’re above starting at the bottom. Flip burgers. Take the side job. Learn the skill. If one thing doesn’t work, try something else.
Nothing you learn is wasted.
Keep grinding. Keep learning. Keep your faith. Take everything life taught you and BUILD YOUR OWN THING.
I’m finally using all those years of experience to shine in my own lane.
And I’m nowhere near finished. 💯🙏🏾
SmallBusinessOwner MontysNeighborhoodSnacks BringingSweetsToTheStreets
