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Young entrepreneurs are set to showcase their handmade products at an upcoming expo in Freeport.

Chase Bermudez-Sullivan, 14, says she always had a passion for drawing and her talent really started to take off during the start of the pandemic.

She sold her first painting in 2021 for $60 at a community art sale.

The Young Entrepreneurs Expo will be a chance for Chase and other children of color to learn how to run their own business.

"This world is very hard to live in as a person of color too," Chase says. "I have to try harder. I need to be seen, and I have a talent - and it's not very common for people to have talents and be able to show them off."

At least two dozen vendors as young as 6 years old will have their products featured at the expo that is being put on by Q.B. Generational Change, a nonprofit that focuses on entrepreneurship and youth mentorship.

Organizer Belinda Watkins says young people of color are overlooked as entrepreneurs and face challenges due to lack of funding and support.

"We have other programs that will allow them to have financial literacy to know what to do with the money because that's important too," Watkins says. "So the main goal is to just be themselves, be creative and there are alternatives than the streets."

The Young Entrepreneurs Expo is being held Dec. 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Freeport Recreation Center

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Young Entrepreneurs Expo in Freeport seeks to give children of color lessons in running their own businesses

entrepreneurs as young as six are showcasing their talents and handmade products at an upcoming expo designed to teach Children of color how to run their own business news. Twelve's Antoinette Yorty has the story, 14 year old Chase Bermudez, Sullivan of Amityville says she's always had a passion for drawing. The start of the pandemic is when her talent really started to take shape. I started drawing, I started looking at videos and eventually I self taught myself anatomy. She sold her first painting Last year for $60 at a community art sale. Since then, she's worked hard to continue drawing her creativity on canvas. I need to be seen and I have a talent and it's not very common for people to have talents and be able to show them off. 10 year old Michaela Henry of baldwin makes and sells homemade bracelets. She got inspired after seeing videos on Tiktok. I started wanting to like buy bracelets, but then I said, well why don't I just get the supplies and I can make them myself and make them for other people to, in the past year and a half. Mikayla has made more than $800 selling her brace. It's on instagram, it's the presentation that matters. Nikola and Chase will join at least two dozen other vendors as young as six years old who will feature their creative works at the young entrepreneurs expo put on by QB generational change, a nonprofit that focuses on entrepreneurship and youth mentorship. Its organizer, Belinda Watkins says, yeah, people of color are overlooked as entrepreneurs and face an uphill challenge as there is a lack of funding and support for them. The main goal is just for them to be themselves, be creative. And there's other alternatives in the streets, organizers say. They hope the expo, that will happen here at the Freeport rec Center will teach these kids about entrepreneurial skills, but not only that they hope it will give them the confidence to know that they can do anything, they set their minds to. If you have something that you really love and they can bring you well, they can bring you happiness. Why not do it? Knowing that I was, I have the chance to do this. What other chances will I have in life in order to do other things in freeport Antoinette Yorty News, 12 Long island smart kids right there now the young entrepreneurs expo will take place on december 3rd from 11 a.m. To four p.m. At the Freeport Recreation Center, admission is free and we have more details on our website at news 12 dot com.

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