Today we’d like to introduce you to Undre Allen.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Undre. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
My life transformed in front of my eyes in the year of 2010 as a senior in high school that’s when I found out my mother was battling with cancerous tumor on her spine. This tumor affected my mother’s ability to walk. She was paralyzed from the waist down. This was a big toll on me during my senior year. I had a big responsibility to help take care of my mother and be the perfect big brother cause my little brother was looking up to me. Seeing my mother in a wheelchair and not being able to be herself killed me inside. During this time, I was shutting down and not really expressing myself to anybody. Her spirit was so strong and her faith in God is what kept her moving. I was lost in this world. I didn’t know who to turn too. I had to strengthen my relationship with God because without my faith, I wouldn’t made it through this situation. He kept me together and I had to keep pushing. I eventually graduated high school and she was there to support me and that kept going forward In life. My mother was in rehab to gain her strength back in her legs. She recovered and started back walking with her walker for some weeks. She was so happy to be making easy baby steps! I was impressed by the strength she gained. I knew my mother was strong lady. That happiness eventually turned into sadness, she ended up going back down to square one. The tumor got worse and it affected her walking again. Seeing that had me deep in my feelings cause I want my mother to be healthier. My mother’s personality didn’t change at all. She kept that smile on her face and the family made sure she kept that smile. We did all we could to keep her pushing though this tuff adversity. That tumor transition to breast cancer, in which it made this difficult to understand. Knowing my mother paralyzed waist down and diagnosed with breast cancer tore me apart. I hated seeing my Mother battling these life problems. At the time nobody didn’t understand the pain I felt, I didn’t try to find out because I was stuck, with dealing with her problems. My father kept me going as well. He was the man of the house and he made sure my mother had great care. My mother thought it was best to move with my grandmother, and my grandmother took care of my mother. My family was split. My little brother moved with my mother and I stayed with my father. I was back and forth from my grandmother’s house and my home. It was a toll because my family wasn’t the same. My little brother was the mama’s boy and I was daddy baby. We remained true to each other and was there for one another no matter the distance between us. Furthing our education, I enrolled into Alabama State University. I wanted to make my family proud especially my mother. She didn’t want me to stop. Going home every weekend to be with the family and be there for my mother was on my mind heavy when I was in school, but I didn’t let that distract me from my goals. I had to stay true to myself no matter what. I was inducted into the deans list. That made my mother so proud of me. It gave me some confidence to keep going. Passing all my classes and being able to go to the next grade level was a happy moment for me. During my junior year of college, my mother illness became worse, in 2014 I lost my mother due to breast cancer on August 18, 2014, the cancer took over her brain. That hurt me so much. I was angry, sad, confused, and lost. Before my mother passed and I’ll never forget she told me “ no matter what, you and your brother stay close” I made sure I was going to abide by that. My mother wanted best for us. Months later, I found out my former girlfriend was pregnant, I couldn’t believe it. I had the mindset that it was a gift from my mother, I always thought you lose someone to gain another life. Our relationship wasn’t the best but we tried to make sure everything was going to work for the best of us. I was preparing myself to be a great father, I saved a lot of money just to provide for the baby and made sure I was there for every dr appointment. As time progress, and it’s getting closer, I got the news that it was a possibility I wasnt the father of the baby. That news had me going in circles. I didn’t know what to believe anymore. I lost my mother and now a baby that I thought was going to be mine, wasn’t 100%. I was in disbelief and I was upset. DNA test was taken and I got the results and the results stated I was 0% of the father. That broke me down completely. I felt like my life was tumbling. I was turning my back on my friends, lashing out at everybody, and completely shutting down from talking. I wasn’t myself at all. I was another person. I abused myself with drinking excessively and late Night thoughts crying my eyes out. Mind you. I am still in college maintaining my grades going into my senior year; I didn’t let that stop me at all. Dealing with this adversity, I had to change my scenery and moved away from home and put all my focused on school, and make my mother happy. She was and still is my motivation to be great in life. This motivated me even more to graduate college and I did with Cum Laude. I gained my happiness back because I did what my mother wanted me to do. Graduating college, I pursue my education more, I enrolled into Clark Atlanta University, where I received my masters in Counseling education to be a future counselor. With the grace of God and my mother being my guardian angel, I graduated with my masters on May 20th, 2019.
Has it been a smooth road?
It hasn’t been a smooth road, the struggles was knowing my mother wasn’t here to help celebrate the accomplishments with me and my brother tore us apart, we had to keep a smile on and kept going. I had to make sure my brother was good mentally. We wanted our mother around physically and she wasn’t.
We’d love to hear more about your business.
Young Boss Society is a nonprofit organization where I want to mentor the youth who battle life adversity’s, and provide mental health awareness to help them to keep going in life no matter what life throws at you.
I used this nonprofit as a clothing line to attract the youth.
YBS will model virtues of Self-Success, promote Reality, Responsibility, and respect, and Empowerment, and Excellence, and build bridges for others to succeed. We believe to build one to help one, as well as each one to teach one.
To become a boss by
Overcoming situations to become whoever you want to be in society and preparing yourself for the real world to conquer it by gaining knowledge: spiritually, physically, and mentally in order to stay motivated and focus to become whoever you want to be.
Crown: Conquer any situation that you come against. You’re above it.
Rose: The beginning. Being elegant in how you grow and develop as a BOSS.
Is our city a good place to do what you do?
Yes, I love ATLanta. It’s the best city for young entrepreneurs to start off their business. I just want to impact the community all over, especially my hometown, Opelika, Al.
I would recommend to everybody to explore Atlanta with there business. It’s a lot of networking!
Pricing:
- Shirts – 25$
- Hoodies – In process
- Sweatshirts – In process.
Contact Info:
- Website: In process
- Phone: 334-663-3971
- Instagram: @ybs.collections_
- Facebook: Young Boss Society
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