Texas Business Minds
Presented by the The Business Journals of Texas and sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company, this series features in-depth conversations with Texas business leaders each week. We rotate through Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio to deliver insight from across the state.
Texas Business Minds
Dallas: Cornbread Hustle - How Cheri Garcia's Personal Comeback Feeds Others
You gonna EAT your cornbread? That line from the movie "Life" provided the inspiration for the name Cornbread Hustle, Cheri Garcia's staffing agency offering background-friendly jobs to people with a criminal history and those in recovery. EAT stands for Empowerment, Accountability & Transparency, and no one knows this, or lives it, better than Garcia. In this inspirational conversation with DBJ Managing Editor Rob Schneider, she shares how her personal story and business are intertwined.