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My Journey as a Diverse Member of a Junior League

Austin Startup

Audrey Ring and Terri enjoying dinner during the December AJLI Board Meeting in Charlotte. When I moved to Lafayette, Louisiana in 2004, I was inspired by a large delegation of young African-American leaders.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Being from Atlanta and Charlotte, respectively, Richard and I knew that our cities were both burgeoning areas for tech development and growth and were places filled with individuals with big ideas that could benefit from adding coding to their skillsets. Since 2013, we’ve opened 6 permanent campuses across 4 southern.