![]() It has managed to raise $3 million and has secured Daniela a place on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2019. SOA is present in 60 countries and supports ocean startups all around the world. In the past five years, the company is protecting the oceans thanks to the world’s largest network of leaders. Fernandez Founded Sustainable Ocean Alliance.Īt just 19 years old, this amazing woman founded Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA). ![]() She’s previously said that she wants Mark Zuckerberg power and there is no stopping her. With these cards, users also receive an education in finances and guidance to bring them good financial health. ![]() Her company is a “mobile-first” platform which provides debit cards to people who don’t trust the traditional banks. Sheena Allen Founded CapWay.ĬapWay is a company providing financial opportunity to poor millennials and marginalized communities set up by 29-year-old Sheena Allen. Read these 5 stories of successful young entrepreneurs to help inspire your own entrepreneurial journey! 1. Life as an entrepreneur can be tough! Everything from making money to hiring other people is entirely on you. Some of them don’t open up the door to get the help, to receive it, because whatever happened in their past is scaring them, making them not want to open up the door.” She hopes, however, that through her own experiences she will be able to help kids just like them find their own success someday.There are 27 million Americans who are now running their own businesses. Her desire to help others starts with the kids at Eagle Village she is leaving behind. ![]() After getting licensed she wants to work as much as she can so she can pay her way through college to get a degree in therapy or social work. She plans to continue her education, first with Cosmetology School. “It’s not ok, but I’ve grown from it.” Continuing Her Successīecca has now graduated from high school and the Eagle Village program. Reflecting on where she would be without Eagle Village she said she would not have been in school and would probably be maintaining the life she had before. “Instead of a negative mindset, I’ve gained a positive one,” Becca said. She also became an intern at the Eagle Village Administration Office, helping out however she could with a smile and professional attitude. I need to know all of this.”īecca became a leader in her house and took on peer coaching as she learned how to develop and maintain positive peer relationships. Before I came to Eagle Village, I didn’t. This meant participating in group activities, therapy, learning life skills, and attending school daily, something she was surprised to find she enjoyed. She advanced through the levels of the Passages Program, the residential program at Eagle Village designed for teens preparing for independence. “Becca was unsure of who she was.”īecca calls herself “very determined” though, and proved it as she got to work. “I would say due to her family situation and her circumstances, she was… she pretty much had a low self-esteem when she came into the program,” said Micaela Chappelle, Becca’s Family Therapist at Eagle Village. With fears of what could happen next, Becca started her residential program. “I wasn’t sure about it, I mean… what if this place doesn’t help me?” With a warrant for arrest out on both of Becca’s parents, she and her siblings were removed and Becca was brought to Eagle Village. One night, while they were living with an aunt’s friend, the roommates in the upper level of the home got into an altercation and the police were called. I didn’t really come home until late, late, late.” “I was one of those kids that stayed out all day, all night. The frequent moves meant she missed a lot of school, which she didn’t like anyway. “We were in bad neighborhoods all the time, just anywhere that was cheap,” she said. Her parents brought her and her siblings from place to place with different roommates and living situations. Life Before Eagle Villageīefore Becca came to Eagle Village, her family moved around a lot. Now, however, she dreams of a bright and positive future. Recently, one of those kids found her own success after coming to Eagle Village with low self-esteem, no plan for her life, and a strong dislike for school. Since its founding in 1968, Eagle Village has helped thousands of kids and families overcome abuse, neglect, behavior issues, and attitude problems.
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