BEFORE THE TITLE
BEFORE THE TITLE. BEFORE THE DEGREE. BEFORE THE ROOM.
This is where it all started. This is who they were when they were growing up — trying to become the men they are now.
BEFORE THE TITLE. BEFORE THE DEGREE. BEFORE THE ROOM.
This is where it all started. This is who they were when they were growing up — trying to become the men they are now.
BEFORE THE ROOMZACK "RAZ" JOHNSON
Seneca Manor. Fight Village. Rochester, NY. Raised by a single mom in the middle of drugs, violence, and gangs. He used humor to escape — and rewrite his story.
BEFORE THE ROOMDR. PAUL MILLER
Projects of Rochester. Learned early: real men don't cry. Built a box for the pain. The hardest gutter he ever climbed out of was inside himself.
BEFORE THE ROOMDR. LEONARD M. BROCK
Raised in Rochester's Hanover projects. Learned to read a room before he learned to read a book. Surviving a system and changing it are two different things.
BEFORE THE ROOMDR. MICHAEL CONNER
Growing up in Connecticut, he always knew he was the smartest guy in the room. But he had to do the hard work of healing before he could truly step into who he was meant to be.
BEFORE THE ROOMJAY CROUCH
Hempstead. Parkside projects. One of 12 Black students at a Connecticut boarding school. God. Family. Realness. Real recognize real.
BEFORE THE ROOMSHOMARI AKIL JAMES
Buffalo born. I got in the money game young — the combination of my Momma's commitment to school and my Daddy's commitment to the streets. By 1999, I was buying Amazon before it was the popular thing to do.
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