WEALTHY TALK WITH YYUNG

A Rough Start

WEALTHY TALK WITH YYUNG EPISODE 9 with Johnnie Alexander Yonkers New York , Resides in Georgia. Johnnie migrated to New York from Oklahoma in the mid late 90s just him and his mother. The beginning of a journey that shaped Johnnie into the man he has become today. Johnnie shares with us a child hood struggle that a lot of young inner city kids dealt with growing up in the 90s. Drug addicted parents and or absentee fathers, and having to grow up faster than a child should have too in order to survive. From moving place to place , shelter to shelter, while remaining humble with a hungry stomach he took life one day at a time. Growing up being a well liked kid he adopted a second family that would look out for him when left alone for too long. With not knowing what each day was going to bring he couldn't see the big blessing coming his way that took him from the his home in the shelter in White Plains New York and put him on a road to his success. Johnnie has since  went on to attending a boarding school in Pennsylvania graduating high school there and off to a HBCU in Louisiana getting a degree there. Landing him back in New York he then furthered his education attending another University. He has since returned to NY & took on a career giving back to his community in various  different ways until getting married and eventually moving south where he is now a licensed therapist.  Johnnie is an example of what an inner city kid can accomplish when the right opportunities are presented to them. It's never about how you start the race it's about how do you finish no matter how rough the start was............. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wealthytalkwithyyung/support [https://anchor.fm/wealthytalkwithyyung/support]

The Wright Decisions

WEALTHY TALK WITH YYUNG EPISODE 8 with Malcolm Wright of Yonkers New York , Malcolm grew up in one of Westchester County's well known municipal housing units Cottage Place Gardens. Like other projects across the world in the late 90's 2000's it was drugs, violence and sports. Malcolm gives us his journey figuring life out in the 9. Starting with the influence his household held in his upbringing,  Malcolm speaks about the  decisions he made early in life to separate himself from the pack, to opening up about some overwhelming health issues that changed the course of his life's pursuit.  With him always putting student first before athlete when he was no longer able to play sports Wright was able to use his education as a tool to get through his next chapter in life.  After finishing college with multiple degrees he jumped right on the front line for the up and coming youth growing up in the same communities from which he came. Malcolm went on to work in the local school systems working his way back to his first love sports. Becoming head coach for Gorton High School basketball & assistant coach for Yonkers Forces football team. When life had its distractions Malcolm seem to always make the decisions that was right for him. He came a long way from shooting hoops on a cracked court and bended rim in the middle of the projects..................... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wealthytalkwithyyung/support [https://anchor.fm/wealthytalkwithyyung/support]

Selfish To Become Selfless

WEALTHY TALK WITH YYUNG EPISODE 7 with Michael Bailey from Yonkers New York.  Gorton High School legend, Central Connecticut football star & graduate opens up about his life experiences that lead him to becoming his own boss , life coach , Husband and newly father to his first child.  Bailey talks about how he came up in two different worlds, having a mother who worked lot and a father who showed up at his own conveniency, Bailey rattled the fence with the street life while chasing his dream of going to the NFL.  Bailey gives us his college experience and the mishaps that derailed his opportunities that would have landed him in the NFL.  After securing a career in accounting and climbing out of depression he decided to coach an inner city football team where he mentored at risk youth while taking them to multiple championships over the years. Realizing he wanted more out of life he took some time for himself to figure out who he was going to be for the rest of his life. In that time he married his high school sweet heart , traveled the world ,became a father and now lives the life that he created for himself and family............... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wealthytalkwithyyung/support [https://anchor.fm/wealthytalkwithyyung/support]

Street Credits Don’t Transfer

WEALTHY TALK WITH YYUNG EPISODE 6  with @ap_500mz Adrian Parker Yonkers New York veteran Parker jumps right in to giving us a break down of his up bringing and deeply rooted ties in the 9. Parker came up out of westchesters biggest municipal housing unit to ripping and running around the back blocks of the north side to later expanding his reach. Streets seem to have been the only option. Parker shares that it was the birth of his first son that opened his eyes to there being more to life then the path that he chose. After a roll of the dice Parker starts a career in corrections as well as taking on entrepreneurial endeavors that’s helped him reach some of his highest goals. As a father as a businessman a leader to the up an coming generations.....What happens in your past doesn’t have dictate your future. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wealthytalkwithyyung/support [https://anchor.fm/wealthytalkwithyyung/support]

Role Model

WEALTHY TALK WITH YYUNG EPISODE 5 with @dakmay79 Dakarai Maynard Mount Vernon New york , Dakarai grew up going between Mount Vernon and Yonkers, he tells us about his route to becoming the man he is today,  a Mount Vernon Firefighter , Husband and Father to be. We had a chance  to talk about his college experience at The University of Alabama , sleeping in his car to dropping out of college and coming back to the 9 where he landed a career working in the Yonkers public school system as a peer mediator. From there Dakarai ventured out to see what the world had in store for him. He pursued acting , modeling , security and personal training. Until he got that call to come to the training for the Mount Vernon Fire Department, where he now spends his days helping the city and the people that help shape him in to the man he is today............... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wealthytalkwithyyung/support [https://anchor.fm/wealthytalkwithyyung/support]