Entrepreneur Anthony Temple Carries On His Father’s Spirit As A Proud Owner Of Multiple Businesses Inside San Diego’s Mission Valley Mall

“I began to go towards the streets. Even though I had my father’s guidance,” Temple reflected. “I still began to get in trouble selling drugs because I wanted more than what I saw within the community, far as the Black community and people that I had seen day to day that was struggling. So, I chose that life. But once I ended up getting in trouble, facing 21 to 45 years in jail at 18 years old, selling drugs, I felt the disappointment in my father’s eyes, my family.”

He continued, “I knew that I needed to change my life drastically. I did not want to end up dead on the south side of Chicago or in a penitentiary. I had my brother looking at me, my younger brother looking at me as an example, as a role model, and other people too as well. So, I began to educate myself and decided I really have to advance my life.”