“It is my opportunity to exceed; we’ve had great success, we’ve served over 4,000 families and I know that we can continue to do that.”
TAMPA, Fla. — In 2017 Kristen Brown found herself contemplating what she had planned for the rest of her life. After battling a long illness and tackling the struggles of being a single mom she says she decided it was time to make a change and a larger impact on her community.
“I, at the time, was working as a marketing executive,” she said. “I considered myself very fortunate, but it was still really, super hard. There are just so many barriers, and I just felt like it shouldn’t be that hard to get your kids into some kind of great program or to get the other resources that you needed like clothing or shoes.”
So, she quit her job and put all of her …