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Meet the Editor

M eet th e Editor

Mother. Entrepreneur. Published Author.

Miss Gandy was born in Charlotte, North Carolina to Jacqueline Price and Levern
Gandy. As a single mother with great ambition to give LeQui a better life, Jacqueline
decided to enroll her into Columbus School for Girls, a private school in Bexley, Ohio.
As a student on scholarship, LeQui learned many foundational skill-sets that
prematurely prepared her academically and entrepreneurally.

When LeQui was two years old, her father was imprisoned for 12 years, leaving her
mother to care for her alone. Raising LeQui as a single mother, Jacqueline understood
the importance of exposing LeQui to the world's treasures early. Jacqueline
introduced her daughter to domestic traveling, family owned businesses (CLM
Concessions and Odyssey Realty), and most importantly, building a strong
relationship with God. Sadly, when LeQui was just 15 years old, her mother tragically
passed away, leaving her mother's older sister to care for her.

For 10 years, LeQui struggled with suicidal idealologies, abandonment, and severe
depression. After years of being angry, she finally gave her burdens to the only one
who could mend the broken pieces in her life; God. As the Bible states in Proverbs
22:6, "Train up a child in the way they should live and they will never depart from it".
Jacqueline's spiritual teachings eventually convicted LeQui to return to her spiritual
foundation.

As a jack of many trades, Miss Gandy used her multifaceted talents to establish
multiple businesses that promote the social and economic growth of the
African-American community. Some of her accomplishments include founding the
COFO Agency, a federally recognized non-profit organization that provides
educational programs and assistance to under-served communities, The M&M Twins?
brand, an educational and apparel line for children, and in 2016, Miss Gandy published
her first book entitled; ?Everyone Has a Secret.?

(Book available on Amazon)
https://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Has-Secret-Someone-Journey/dp/151150756X

In 2020, LeQui began to heavily invest in the enrichment of black-owned businesses
by providing no-cost seminars concentrating on marketing, business branding, and
customer service. In light of the recent pandemic crisis, civil unrest, and economic and
financial hardships on African-Americans, LeQui decided to create "52" Magazine as a
gateway for entrepreneurial opportunities for minority businesses.

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