# @blavity on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CwF7yv7MsxI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8313756-blavity-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/ead3e34c26.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-08-18T16:31:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Blavity (@blavity) — https://gondola.cc/blavity

## Caption

Lasenta Lewis-Ellis knows all about turning life’s lemons into lemonade. After trying to survive as a low-income single mother, Lewis-Ellis is now the owner of a million dollar construction company 👷🏾⁠
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After her mother lost her home due to foreclosure, the businesswoman decided to enroll in college to study construction. She was committed to building her mother a new home 💛⁠
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But before she could graduate, her mother passed away. While grieving, she pushed through. Now she’s building homes in the same neighborhood she struggled to survive in 👏🏾⁠
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Tap the #linkinbio for more on her inspiring story! // 📹: southcarolinaetv #BuildingBlack #BlackOwned #BlackExcellence

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blackexcellence, buildingblack, blackowned, linkinbio

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