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Willie Ruffin grew-up in a small town in North Carolina with a population of 2,000 people. His life experiences there were challenging to say the least. Born in a family of 15 children and he was the 7th born. He was not privileged like some children growing-up there. He lived and worked on farms as a means of survival. His parents made an agreement with a farmer that the children will help on the farm during planting and harvest time. This afforded them the ability to have a place to live. Even though the father worked as factory worker, he was not getting paid enough to manage the family's finances. There was a period of time that the family struggled and received government assistance or the family would not have survived. The factory closed down and moved out of town to another state. This took a toll on the family and some of the children dropped out of school. I finished high school, and graduated from college with an Associate in Marketing Management and Sales. Other accomplishments include a certificate in Radio Broadcasting, a certificate in Theological Studies and I also worked as a parent representative at the Board of Education for Special Education Students.