Every entrepreneurial journey is different. Some follow a straight path, others wind through detours most wouldn't choose. The story of Kelsey Battle fits firmly in the latter category, unconventional, at times harrowing, and yet deeply inspiring. Battle's story is a testament to resilience, to overcoming the limitations both life and society had placed on him since the very beginning of his life, and to using that hard-earned strength to change the lives of others.
At 19 years old, Battle had graduated from high school without being able to read, write, or spell beyond a first-grade level. His childhood was defined by instability, his home life steeped in substance abuse, with a mother struggling with addiction, and a household environment where survival came before everything else. "I didn't want to go back to Fayetteville,"
