Philanthropist and Entrepreneur Abdel Russell

"In America, your potential is as limitless as your imagination".

I did not grow up rich or privelidged, in fact, the odds were stacked high against me: a young Black boy growing up in Brooklyn, NY, in a single parent household, moving many times, father in Prison, my childhood was definitely not ordinary by any standard . Although the theme of my story is very common for many people in Brooklyn that look like me, my experience is unique, and I never used my setbacks as a crutch; neither should you or anyone else.