Chapter 3: State Street Days

Growing up, life was a unique adventure, from navigating our address-less home using a sticky note code to my early entrepreneurial ventures fueled by a $15 monthly "eating out" budget. Simple pleasures, like watching movies with Grandma Patey, were deeply cherished. My childhood was also shaped by farm work, where a near-fatal accident led to a significant shift in my path. These early experiences, both ordinary and extraordinary, laid the foundation for who I would become.