-: I really love just trying to help the underdog.
And just to try to help connect them with people
that they're not normally in the room with,
and because I was a lobbyist, I have the talent
of getting to know people that you wouldn't know otherwise.
So I have a lot of connections that can benefit
the small business owners that I work with.
And so, because of that, I just love that,
that I can help people that really need just
to get an opportunity to kinda
kickstart their business or to put something on their resume
that'll really launch them into another financial bracket.
And just, it really is all about community
and the more we put into our small businesses,
the more we're going to get, you know out of our community.
So I love that.
One of the biggest challenges is just
making sure people do the right thing.
There are a lot of bad players,
and there are a lot of people who are trying to, you know,
do bad things within the program
and operate in a way that is not, it's just not right.
And we know that they're not really, you know,
minority owned or one man owned.
They're supported by someone who is not a minority
and so we just have to kinda uncover those things.
But that's a huge challenge because for me,
my thought is, well why would you do that?
I just can't understand why you would
take opportunity away from people.
But I've realized that some people just,
they have no conscience and they just operate in that way.
So that part is challenging for me,
because I don't think like that,
I don't operate like that,
I try to do the right thing,
I try to be honest, and you know,
just to see, you know, how sneaky people can be
to try to get over, it's disheartening.