WEBVTT - The Journey to Success with Rachel Rodgers

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<v Speaker 1>An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child

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<v Speaker 1>in Massachusetts. An MS thirteen gang member from Al Salvador

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<v Speaker 1>accused of murdering a Texas man of Venezuelan charged with

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<v Speaker 1>filming and selling child pornography in Michigan. These are just

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<v Speaker 1>some of the heinous migrant criminals caught because of President

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<v Speaker 1>Donald J. Trump's leadership. I'm Christy nom the United States

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of Homeland Security. Under President Trump, attempted illegal border

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<v Speaker 1>crossings are at the lowest levels ever recorded, and over

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand illegal aliens have been arrested. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are here illegally, your next you will be fined nearly

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand dollars a day, imprisoned, and deported.

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<v Speaker 2>You will never return.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you register using our CBP home app and

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<v Speaker 1>leave now, you could be allowed to return legally. Do

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<v Speaker 1>what's right. Leave now. Under President Trump, America's laws, border

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<v Speaker 1>and families will be protected.

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<v Speaker 3>Sponsored by the United States Department of Homeland Security.

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<v Speaker 4>People always see the success, right. So we're in Puerto

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<v Speaker 4>Rico and it's beautiful convention center. You've done tremendously well

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<v Speaker 4>for yourself, and but where did it start? Like, where

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<v Speaker 4>did it start from point A to getting here.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, well it started with me scrapping in high school.

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<v Speaker 5>Like I used to have a lot of fights. I

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<v Speaker 5>don't know why, but the queen, Yes, shout.

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<v Speaker 2>Out to queen or listen, I'm feisty. And that's the thing.

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<v Speaker 5>I would be the quiet one, like I'm quiet, I'm

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<v Speaker 5>not coming for you. But if you come for me,

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<v Speaker 5>were about to fight, and listen, I'm gonna give you

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<v Speaker 5>a run for your money. Like I may not be

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<v Speaker 5>able to say that, you know, I beat your ass,

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<v Speaker 5>but I'm gonna give you a run for your money.

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<v Speaker 5>You ain't gonna want to come back. I'll tell you

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<v Speaker 5>that part. So that's where it started.

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<v Speaker 2>Write that down.

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<v Speaker 5>But I think there's something to that, right, like even

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<v Speaker 5>just being a fighter, all of the challenges, I'm very

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<v Speaker 5>grateful for them now because I think it just it

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<v Speaker 5>helps you.

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<v Speaker 2>To be, like I was talking about earlier, relentless.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, when you have, you know, issues with lights

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<v Speaker 5>going out, and you know, I would go to the

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<v Speaker 5>grocery store and have to pay with food stamps and

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<v Speaker 5>I would be like hiding in the aisles waiting for

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<v Speaker 5>my friends and my neighbors to leave. So that they

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<v Speaker 5>wouldn't see me, you know, because I had so much

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<v Speaker 5>shame around it, and you know, wait for them to leave,

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<v Speaker 5>be very strategic, and then sometimes you get caught and

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<v Speaker 5>I just leave, walk home from the grocery store and cry,

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<v Speaker 5>you know what I mean, just being embarrassed. I think

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<v Speaker 5>all of that helped me to be very focused and

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<v Speaker 5>helped me to be relentless, like a dog with the

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<v Speaker 5>bone when I want to make something happen.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm very grateful for all of those experiences.

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<v Speaker 5>And I'm also grateful because then I relate to a

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<v Speaker 5>lot of people too, because a lot of people have

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<v Speaker 5>that story, and everybody has a story of struggle of

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<v Speaker 5>some kind. And that story of struggle, we think is

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<v Speaker 5>a disadvantage, it's actually an advantage because entrepreneurship is not easy.

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<v Speaker 2>Building wealth is not easy.

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<v Speaker 5>Taking yourself from zero to a lot more is not

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<v Speaker 5>an easy journey. So if you've had challenges already, great,

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<v Speaker 5>you're equipped, you ready, you have the right stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>In your in.

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<v Speaker 5>Your toolbox to get you through the challenges of the journey.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, So this mindset, and I wonder when when I

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<v Speaker 6>listen to you speak, sometimes I'm wondering that millionaire mindset.

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<v Speaker 6>Is that something that that you're naturally born with or

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<v Speaker 6>is it something that's developed? And I wondered because I remember, right,

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<v Speaker 6>it's one of these things.

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<v Speaker 3>When I was younger, I used.

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<v Speaker 6>To write the stories and I'll say, Mom, I of

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<v Speaker 6>all buy you a mansion one day, and she kept

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<v Speaker 6>the stories like, well, Troy was my mansion.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait, I mentioned that time to pay the piper.

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<v Speaker 6>Right, So I wanted. I mean, obviously that was in

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<v Speaker 6>my mind at that time when I was a young child.

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<v Speaker 6>But I'm wondering, from your journey and being around your community,

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<v Speaker 6>is that something that you see that is inherently part

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<v Speaker 6>of a person's characteristic or is that something that's developed.

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<v Speaker 5>I think a millionaire mindset is developed, and I think

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<v Speaker 5>it keeps being developed, right, like even now. What has

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<v Speaker 5>made me so proud of this conference too, is that

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<v Speaker 5>the speakers are changing their flights and sticking around.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of speakers dip in and out.

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<v Speaker 5>They're like, oh no, no, no, no, no, I'm staying here.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm a hangout right. That makes me so proud. And

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<v Speaker 5>the reason why I mentioned that is because even when

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<v Speaker 5>we're far, even when we have New York Times bestselling

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<v Speaker 5>books and we have eight figure businesses. There's still so

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<v Speaker 5>much to learn, right, There's still so much to accomplish

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<v Speaker 5>and to do, and you never stop learning. So I

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<v Speaker 5>think you're always working on that millionaire mindset. But I

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<v Speaker 5>also know that having to go to the grocery store

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<v Speaker 5>with food stamps and having the conded come to my

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<v Speaker 5>door and turn off the lights and all of the

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<v Speaker 5>stuff that that came with that got me very focused

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<v Speaker 5>on money at a very early age. So I was

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<v Speaker 5>always curious, like, how are people making money? And I

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<v Speaker 5>tell the story in my book about how I used

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<v Speaker 5>to babysit for this.

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<v Speaker 2>Little girl named Alana. It was a Jewish family.

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<v Speaker 5>They were so sweet, and it was in Douglaston and

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<v Speaker 5>I grew up in Flushing, Queens, right. Douglaston is a

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<v Speaker 5>much nicer neighborhood. And I would take the bus over

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<v Speaker 5>there and it was like tree lined streets and it

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<v Speaker 5>was you know big houses.

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<v Speaker 2>There was three of them.

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<v Speaker 5>It was you know, Mom, Dad, and Alana in this

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<v Speaker 5>giant house that had so many rooms.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, what are you doing with all these rooms?

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<v Speaker 2>What is this room? It was a formal dining room

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<v Speaker 2>I had. I was like, what is that. I've never

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<v Speaker 2>seen a formal dining room before, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 5>And I would open their pantry to like make her

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<v Speaker 5>a snack and it was like so many options.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, Wow, one day, I'm gonna be able

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<v Speaker 1>An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child

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<v Speaker 1>in Massachusetts. An MS thirteen gang member from El Salvador

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<v Speaker 1>accused of murdering a Texas. Man of Venezuelan charged with

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<v Speaker 1>filming and selling child pornography in Michigan. These are just

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<v Speaker 1>some of the heinous migrant criminals caught because of President

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<v Speaker 1>Donald J. Trump's leadership. I'm Christy Noman, the United States

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of Homeland Security. Under President Trump, attempted illegal border

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<v Speaker 1>crossings are at the lowest levels ever recorded, and over

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand illegal aliens have been arrested. If you

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<v Speaker 1>were here illegally, your next you will be fine nearly

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand dollars a day, imprisoned and deported, you will

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<v Speaker 1>never return. But if you register using our CBP home

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<v Speaker 1>app and leave now, you could be allowed to return legally.

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<v Speaker 1>Do what's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Leave now.

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<v Speaker 1>Under President Trump, America's laws, border and families will be protected.

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<v Speaker 3>Sponsored by the United States Department of Homeland Security.

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<v Speaker 5>Get those frozen waffles that my mom always says, No,

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<v Speaker 5>it's always those little things, right, Like what was it

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<v Speaker 5>like you wanted Coco puffs and you couldn't get the

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<v Speaker 5>Coco pubs.

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<v Speaker 2>Your mom said no because I don't have the money.

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<v Speaker 5>It's like, but I would see that and her father

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<v Speaker 5>worked from home and the mom would be at work,

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<v Speaker 5>and I'd be like, what do these people do for

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<v Speaker 5>a living? And I would ask, you know, I was

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<v Speaker 5>always trying to be a detective, like people who have money.

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<v Speaker 5>How did they get it? Because I just had no idea.

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<v Speaker 5>I couldn't fathom, like, how do they have so much?

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<v Speaker 5>And so learning that Like, that's what I think got

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<v Speaker 5>me to focus on money is the fact that we

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<v Speaker 5>didn't have any right if we would have been very comfortable,

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<v Speaker 5>I don't think it would have been a priority to me.

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<v Speaker 6>You think that inquisitive nature helped shape your career path

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<v Speaker 6>because of od times in our communities, we see a

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<v Speaker 6>few avenues of where we can make money, right usually

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<v Speaker 6>in arn't so performing or entertainment. But the fact that

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<v Speaker 6>you were inquisitive and trying to find out how other

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<v Speaker 6>people were making money, did that help in the way

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<v Speaker 6>you were choosing the way you were going to go

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<v Speaker 6>with your career.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, And honestly I didn't really know that as a kid,

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<v Speaker 5>like I didn't know I saw performers, black performers, I

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<v Speaker 5>saw black athletes, but really nobody from my neighborhood was

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<v Speaker 5>becoming an R and B singer or a basketball player,

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<v Speaker 5>right Like they might have had hopes and dreams, but

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<v Speaker 5>I wasn't actually seeing it happen in my my neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 5>So to me, I was just like I just want

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<v Speaker 5>to know how like what job y'all got?

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<v Speaker 2>And I learned like what I had found is.

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<v Speaker 5>Like a lot of people were highly educated. So I

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<v Speaker 5>was like, okay, then I need to go to school.

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<v Speaker 5>Great works for me because I'm good at school. Right,

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<v Speaker 5>Like I like to study, I like to learn, I

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<v Speaker 5>love to read, and so all of those things will

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<v Speaker 5>benefit me. Just where do I go to school? What

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<v Speaker 5>pathway do I need to take? Like, just break it

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<v Speaker 5>down for me, show me right, like I just wanted.

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<v Speaker 5>I was so hungry to know, and I was gonna

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<v Speaker 5>be relentless until I figured it out.

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<v Speaker 4>So let me ask you this, what moment did you

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<v Speaker 4>realize you had something special?

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<v Speaker 2>Good question?

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<v Speaker 5>I think you know. What was interesting is I started

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<v Speaker 5>with a law practice. So I went to law school.

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<v Speaker 5>I graduated during the two thousand and eight recession, and

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<v Speaker 5>there were not.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of jobs available.

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<v Speaker 5>How low was I was actually studying like family law.

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<v Speaker 5>I actually went to a school that has specialty in

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<v Speaker 5>IP law, and I was like, nah, I'm not interested

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<v Speaker 5>in that. I was like, no, I'm going to do

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<v Speaker 5>family law because I wanted to help people.

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<v Speaker 4>What does that mean, like you know a city battles

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<v Speaker 4>and stuff?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, yes, but also like I imagine doing something like

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<v Speaker 5>working for a nonprofit. And I remember I sat down

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<v Speaker 5>with my sister and she had like a neighbor. We

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<v Speaker 5>had lunch with her, and they both sat me down

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<v Speaker 5>and they were like, listen, you need to get this money. Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>you see these loans. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're not doing

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<v Speaker 5>the nonprofit thing. Maybe you could do that in the future,

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<v Speaker 5>but like, right now, you need to pay these loans backs.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. So they had to have a talk with me

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<v Speaker 2>about that.

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<v Speaker 5>But what was interesting, So I started I want to

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<v Speaker 5>start in my own law practice, because law firms are

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<v Speaker 5>often very toxic spaces. And I had intern at a

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<v Speaker 5>few places, and I was like, this ain't gonna last.

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<v Speaker 5>Like I'm just not the type of person that is

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<v Speaker 5>obedient enough to work in a corporate environment long term.

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<v Speaker 3>That's very well put. I know some people like that.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was like, this ain't ever gonna work.

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<v Speaker 5>So like and here was my thinking, and I literally

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<v Speaker 5>said this to my husband.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, I'm already broke.

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<v Speaker 5>So if I'm already broke, it's better to not take

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<v Speaker 5>the law firm job where I'd make a lot of money.

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<v Speaker 2>It's better to stay broke.

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<v Speaker 5>Now start the entrepreneurial journey while I'm still broke. And

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<v Speaker 5>I'm like, I'm comfortable being broke, right, I've been broke,

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<v Speaker 5>so like, let me just start now. If I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 5>be broke, be broke doing my own thing instead of

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<v Speaker 5>going somewhere getting comfortable, upgrading my lifestyle and then trying

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<v Speaker 5>to find a way out of it. So that was

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<v Speaker 5>kind of my strategy. So I started my law practice

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<v Speaker 5>and it was so interesting. Literally within six months, I

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<v Speaker 5>was getting a lot of press, Like it was just

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<v Speaker 5>like I was an anomaly, you know, like being a

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<v Speaker 5>young lawyer right out of law school. People don't just

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<v Speaker 5>go solo out of law school. You're supposed to pay

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<v Speaker 5>your dues, work at a law firm, be trained by

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<v Speaker 5>partner over a long period of time, then you can go.

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<v Speaker 2>So then you have permission. And I just did it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I did it with my afro and not you know,

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<v Speaker 2>not wearing the suits. And it was interesting.

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<v Speaker 5>It like attracted so many people to me because it

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<v Speaker 5>was just different. People were looking for a lawyer that

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<v Speaker 5>looked like them, that they felt comfortable talking to, that

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<v Speaker 5>explained it to them in plain English, that didn't act

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<v Speaker 5>like they were better than them, and so I was like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm onto something here. And I think that's when I

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<v Speaker 5>first figured out that just being myself was enough, and

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<v Speaker 5>actually the more I was myself, the more it actually

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<v Speaker 5>attracted people to me.

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<v Speaker 1>An illegal alien from Guatemala charged with raping a child

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