Deijana Rhodes is a straight-A student at Mott Community College and a manager at McDonald’s, but her mom calls her by another title. “‘You’re a go-getter.’ That’s her favorite line around the house,” says Rhodes, 19. One in a growing number of Flint-area entrepreneurs younger than 30, Rhodes doesn’t disagree. Like the ambitious woman who […]
Kaelin Hurst is a force to be reckoned with. At the tender age of 22, she has already worked for a major public relations firm, on big-name entertainment events, launched Kaelin Ann Co. and produced two sizable events of her own — one in Flint and one in Detroit. All this during, and just after, […]
As a teenager in middle school, Billie DeVille was given to the emotions that plague many girls that age – low self-worth and a longing for self-confidence and a better feeling about herself. She knew she was coming into her own but didn’t quite know how to get to where she needed to be. “When […]
For Ryan McCoy leading a dual – and very full – life is all in a day’s work. By day he’s a team leader at the General Motors Orion Assembly plant, and by night, he’s a fashion designer. Assembling cars during working hours and assembling a burgeoning fashion business, Ageless Clothin’, after hours means he’s […]