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Shameer Horton
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- Name:
- Shameer Horton
- City:
- Trenton
- Relationship Status
- Single
- Current occupation:
- President of Aztro Clothing Co.
- School or University
- Rider University
- About Me:
- “Aztro” is a clothing line that I started as a way to inspire young people to follow their dreams. I see too many times how indiviual’s, including member’s of my family, succumb to the traditional 9 to 5 job and living paycheck to paycheck. I refuse to do that. It’s not that I do not have any work ethic, its that I have too much work ethic. In recent year’s I have held two different job’s that lasted no more than 3 months each. They were pretty simple jobs, a cashier for CVS Pharmacy and an equipment clerk for a party supply rental company, but what I was doing was not fulfilling to me. I did not wake up every morning excited to work. I never liked making transaction’s at the cash registar, or taking 50lb table’s and chair’s to the back of trucks. That’s when I started drawing clolthes. It started off as a hobby, but for some reason when ever I showed someone what I had drawn they really liked it. This confused and inspired me.
Watching my family struggle financially alway’s hurt me. We never really had the best clothes, shoes, or cars but we somehow made it. Growing up I never lived in the same house for more than a year because of my parent’s constantly changing jobs. At a young age I promised my mother that I would buy her a big house and an expensive car to make her happy. Im sure just about every adolecent promise’s their parents that but it’s those who believe in themselve’s and continue to persue that dream who can actually turn it into a reality. My father is big on ambition. He told me once “you’re an ambitious cat and I like that” (in regards to my clothing line) that was the first time that I was congradulated on how much I wanted somthing. His words still repeat in my head everyday.
When my buisness becomes successful I will give back to communities and schools to show people that I am far from selfish. I also plan to make appearance’s at events ands schools to speak and try to inspire the youth. Maybe a role-model around their age can inspire them more than a role-model their parents ages. Hopefully my success will also help keep young men and women away from gangs and drugs as an alternative. I believe everyone is born with a mission and ambition, it’s those of us who choose to use it and persue it that will be the happiest and most successful in the future.
January 10, 2009
- Tag causes (the causes or issues you are most passionate about):
- Addressing Poverty, Fair Trade, Health & Wellness, Mentoring, Urban Redevelopment, Youth Development, Youth Violence Intervention
- Project or initiative you have started or would love to start:
- I am very interested in creating charitable organizations with other companies to help underprivileged youth with school, food, clothing, or anything of that nature. I am also involved in an organization called "I Walk NY", events from this organization should be happening sooner than later.
- What skills and resources do you currently have for your initiative? What are the current needs for your initiative?
- I am a natural leader and very ambitious. I've used these skills to my advantage and managed to create a business on my own, Aztro Clothing Co.
- What kind of change do you hope to create in your community or in the world? Why are you passionate about this? How has your personal story led you to this passion?
- I would love for young people to follow my lead and realize that their are other routes than the street life. I want them to become as ambitious as I am in all of their future endeavors.
- Additional Comments/Favorite Quote/Favorite Album/Other:
- Reign Over The Masses
-Shameer Horton
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