Dawn Johnson shares how she became a business owner, community leader, and advocate for economic empowerment in Rock Hill. The conversation explores entrepreneurship, financial literacy, civic engagement, leadership, B.E.L.L. (the Black Economic Leadership League), building stronger communities, and why meaningful relationships, lifelong learning, and personal empowerment are essential to creating lasting change.

Dawn Johnson is a Rock Hill business owner, author, speaker, and community leader. She is the founder of Dawn Johnson Empowers, co-founder and chair of the Black Economic Leadership League (B.E.L.L.), and a Florida State University graduate with a degree in Economics.