Crystal Smith
speaker
209 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 20 Jul
Crystal Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We're here.
And I am very grateful.
I want people to know that no matter what your cards, the cards you were dealt in life and how things started, you get to choose how things turn out.
You get to create your reality.
Oh my goodness.
So I would say my dad, for sure.
Growing up, because my dad's from Alabama, from a farm.
He grew up on a farm.
And he watched his grandmother and grandfather just create everything.
They had their own animals.
They grew their own vegetables.
And then as time progressed, they ended up
purchasing the land that they lived on as sharecroppers.
And then eventually, my grandmother, she had a deal with the local grocery stores where she would sell her produce and products at the grocery stores.
So they just became this
very prominent family from nothing, you know, and also my grandmother worked for local politicians such as judges, doctors.
And even though, you know, this is in the deep south, you know, at a time where, you know, people of color were definitely, you know, it's not something we were having a rough.
We were having a rough go.
She was able to learn many things from the people that she worked for, spending time in their homes and spending time with them.
And they taught her how to be a excellent business woman.
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