Do you feel a responsibility to blaze a trail and open the doors for the kids from your community that come up after you?
Most definitely. Everything I do is for the people coming up after me. Growing up, I ate every day, but I never had the chance to buy groceries from someone that looks like me. Food deserts aren’t just low on food. They’re often design deserts, low on green spaces, art, and so many necessary elements for growth. Everything I achieve now is to make a way for my peers and successors to innovate their way out of injustice and create healing. SÜPRMARKT will always model and enable success in the neighborhoods it inhabits.

What challenges did you face last year, personally and as a company? How did you overcome it? Were there any surprising positives that came out of 2020 for you or your company?
SÜPRMARKT has been hard at work keeping others fed during the COVID Crisis. On 3.19.20, we sprang to action by procuring and providing 1,400 pounds of grains and seeds to people in need with our “Feed the Hood” giveaway. Since then, we began partnering with healthy food providers in South Central to provide free + discounted vegan meals weekly. I was surprised at what 2020 did for my growth as a business owner. The pandemic forced us to grow sooner than we were ready.

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