After graduating high school, Jarell's mother hurt her back working a homecare job. Due to her injury, she was no longer able to provide for Jarell as she once could. So, the family came face to face with the issue they've battled for years, homelessness. 

Despite being homeless, bathing out of a public bathroom sink, and sleeping in a cold office at night, Jarell had aspirations of being an entrepreneur to impact his family and generations to come.

Jarell was blessed to receive many intervening hands that helped him transition from homeless to home while working his lawn care business and his job as a cable technician. While taking care of his mom for 3 years, Jarell focused on teaching what he wished he would've known which led to him become a speaker, author, and a intervention specialist.

Through his success, Jarell learned the importance of education and how it impacted his salary, which impacted his ability to start and grow a business. In addition, he learned how lack of education in his family led to his homelessness overall.

Striving to reach back, Jarell speaks to middle - college level students to help increase graduation rates and help students become career ready.