EYL Alumni Profiles

The Diamond District is a few blocks radius in midtown Manhattan. It’s an extremely nondescript area where most of the shops have modest exteriors. If you weren’t familiar with the Diamond District, then you would have no idea that millions...

In 2006, @quianawatson_moved to Atlanta from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Being new in the city wasn't easy and despite having an MBA, she was only able to find work as a telemarketer. Long days of calling strangers took its toll on...

In the early 2000s, Hpnotiq was one of the most popular liquor brands in the industry. Everyone wanted the mysterious blue bottle. The brand went from being unknown to moving a million cases a year at it’s peak, before the...

@ryanleslie has always been ahead of his time. He scored a perfect score on his S.A.T. at fourteen and went to Harvard University at fifteen. He shocked the world in 2013 at the height of his music career after being...

Growing up in North Philadelphia, Kashief Edwards aka @the_vending_bizz followed the path of a lot of young men in inner-city neighborhoods and played basketball. Spending time at the local recreation center was a right of passage for him and his...

Emanuel Reed, Derrick Moore, and Clinton Gray are all friends that grew up together in Nashville, Tennessee. They met in grade school and haven’t separated since. They played sports together, they went to college together (Tennessee State University) and they...