Today we’d like to introduce you to Asya Washington.
Hi Asya, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
Born and raised in New Orleans, La I’m obsessed with leveling the playing field. In 2020 I embarked on an entrepreneurial journey and started my own Credit Repair franchise that changed my life. Within a couple of years of launch, it grown a profitable, bootstrapped brand with a full-time team of two partnerships with Classy Credit Chicks of Houston and Goal Getters. Hi, I’m Asya Washington while building a brand may have looked effortless from the outside, starting a business in my 30s with no resources or funding quickly forced me to realize that early-stage entrepreneurship was anything but transparent. In 2021, I began documenting my experience and learning via social media platforms and focused on helping young people build, launch, and scale their own businesses.
In the beginning of 2022 life hit me like a ton of bricks my youngest son was murdered here in Houston on my mother’s birthday. I really don’t like to talk about this but I know that my story inspires others that you have to keep going even in the hard times. Every day is a struggle but with the grace of GOD, I’m able to get through my dark days and lonely nights. It’s been seven months and I don’t feel like my son is gone I feel like he’s out of the country and we haven’t seen him in a while. It’s not a day that doesn’t go by; I don’t miss him. Right now at this moment, my life is in transitioning over to not having one of my kids here. I keep going because I have people depending on me and my family needs me. My kids lost their brother and at times I don’t know how to be there for them and that hurts. On January 17, 2022 part of me die but today August 25, 2022 someone else was birthed out of me. I know that this next journey I’m on will be bigger than what I pray for. My journey, I haven’t even touched this surface yet. Knowledge has no end. Beauty is forever and in life, you can always hit the rest button. You can’t start over in life but you can begin something new!!!!
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
My road has always been bumpy since a young child with no guidance. I was raised by a single mother that worked countless hours to provide for me and my older sibling. I was a mother at the young age of 14 and my mother had to raise me and my daughter. I was a baby with a baby I was embarrassed, ashamed and guilty for putting so much responsibility on her and we was barely getting by. Growing up I had to fight regularly because I was light skin with long hair and girls don’t like me because of that. I got expelled from every school I went to for fighting. Once my daughter was born life was different I went to school and she went to daycare. I met my husband at the age of 15 and this man was 23 years of age. The era I grew up in that was ok for older guys to pursue younger girls. I moved with this man and started a family. What I thought was love was control but I was young and didn’t know any better. He became verbally abusive early on but I stay but I thought that was love. I became pregnant with my oldest son in 2000 and another son in 2022 this relationship was toxic, I left the relationship and started working with my mom. Then hurricane Katrina hit in 2005 and we got back in contact and I moved to Dallas with him and his family. We got married in April 2006 the worst thing I could’ve done, It went from bad to worst real quick and attempted suicide because I don’t want to be with him anymore. In 2012, I left that relationship for good and never looked back. I was a single parent with three kids for with the grace of GOD and my number one support system (My MOM) I made it. I never looked back and I’ve been doing some amazing things since then. I struggle with severe depression before this tragedy and now I PTSD really bad anxiety attack. I feel the trails I’ve been through made me who I am today.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Nola Credit Goddess Solutions LLC?
I’m the CEO of Nola Credit Goddess Solutions and I love saying that to individuals when they asked me what I do for a living. I’m partnered up with Novae which means new beginnings. My company has been featured in Forbes and ranked 2,307 out of 7 million employer firms in the United States according to Inc 5000 officials. They do all the hard work on the back end for all my clients and customer service is available as well. My company will be a household name.
I help individuals with a resources from business and personal credit, real estate investing, homeownership programs, insurance and etc. No matter your background or lifestyle, you can do anything you put your mind and we have endless resources.
I had the opportunity to fix my credit and make some additional income. It brings me great joy when clients tell me my score went from a 427 to a 710 in four months of being on the program. Having bad credit leaves you feeling depressed, embarrassed and ashamed. My business help changes people’s mindset and boost their confidence. Having good credit opens doors that you wouldn’t imagine.
Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
Only you can change the narrative of your story. Start with your mindset and don’t become a victim of your fears. As an entrepreneur, I had to stop looking for family and friends to support. Family and friends won’t support you because they’re scared of all the success you will have. My support comes from mostly strangers and a few family members. Every day God gives us the same 24 hours in a day it’s really up to you what you do with it. Strength and growth come only through continuous efforts and struggle. If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Contact Info:
- Website: Novaemoney.com/nolacreditgodd
