He Called Me “Street Garbage” at the Country Club. He Didn’t Know What Burns Down Empires.

to funding scholarships for students who grew up below the poverty line, creating paid internships, and supporting entrepreneurs without generational safety nets.

At our first scholarship ceremony, I watched a young woman in a borrowed dress accept her award and cry openly, and I saw myself years ago, hungry and dismissed and underestimated.

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