Episode 206, FroFessionals

FroFessionals is a subscription-based platform that promotes, partners and collaborates with BIPOC Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Medical Practitioners, as well as Textured Hair Care Professionals, for the purpose of community reinvestment.   Our platform and mission is mutually beneficial to both business owners and their patrons.  We provide a listing site for with a target audience of people looking to buy black or brown. We also specialize in helping people with kinky, coily, curly and biracial hair find products and professionals that cater to their specialized needs.   FroFessionals doubles as a  nonprofit organization with a mission to halt the mass incarceration of Blacks and Latinos by increasing access to Quality Mental Health Care, Legal Representation and Wealth Building Opportunities. This platform provides what will soon become a robust and self-restoring, financial ecosystem to reinvest into the community.   FroFessionals is committed to reinvesting half of the profits from fees for services from advertisements and subscriptions, and all donations, back into the community to fund these initiatives.  As a result, we have made half of all subscription fees tax deductible.   INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS Proceeds will be used to reimburse mental health providers who serve un/underinsured and historically underserved BIPOC people on a sliding scale basis.  LEGAL ADVOCACY FroFessionals aims to grant black and Hispanic boys and girls, at risk of mass incarceration, with a prepaid legal subscription at age 18.  We are also developing a lawyer led, adjudication deferral program to support and advocate for Blacks and Latinos at risk of mass incarceration.  WEALTH BUILDING INITIATIVES FroFessionals aims to support financial literacy programs AND offer business start up grants to budding entrepreneurs who are primed and poised for success.   THE FOUNDER April Phillips is a trauma therapist, born in Arkansas, raised in South Central Los Angeles, educated by 2 HBCU’s and the daughter of a Panamanian Mother and African American Vietnam Veteran.  She runs a private counseling practice and has been a resident of North Austin for 15+ years. She educates nationally and internationally about mental health care as a basic human right, is an advocate for criminal justice and promotes financial wellness as a part of holistic health care. List your business TODAY and join what will soon become a nationwide platform that connects BIPOC Professionals,  Practitioners and Hair Care Professionals with their targeted audience.