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Cheri Garcia
Cheri Garcia, founder and CEO of Cornbread Hustle, pitching her company at United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' The Pitch in 2021. [File photo]
The Last Word: Cornbread Hustle CEO on Giving ‘Second Chances’ via Jobs to People in Transition
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jul 15, 2024
Garcia's Cornbread Hustle is a staffing agency that helps people with criminal records and those in recovery find meaningful employment, by working with "forward-thinking companies" that value second-chance hiring.
by Blair Welch |
Sep 17, 2018
Second chances filled the Addison Tree House last week as Cornbread Hustle members pitched their newest innovative ideas in the yearly graduation.
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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Jul 5, 2017
The free, 90-day “transformation program” is providing assistance to returning citizens from jail or prison or recovering addicts by training them how to be entrepreneurs.
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by Jana J. Pruet |
Dec 22, 2016
Entrepreneurship, innovation, and social impact are some of the topics our top voices columnists wrote about this year.
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Cheri Garcia said she likes to leave a lasting impression with her flaming wallet when she's networking. [Photos courtesy of Rache Photography]
Workbench at the Grove: Garcia Kicks Off Summer Speaker Series
by Jana J. Pruet | Aug 9, 2016
Cornbread Hustle is one of Cheri Garcia's latest ventures. She shares her story and why she launched a staffing agency that helps former inmates transition from life inside the walls of prison to life on the outside.
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by Cheri Garcia |
Jul 27, 2016
Cheri Garcia explains why you shouldn't underestimate the value of a "free education."
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by Cheri Garcia |
Mar 3, 2016
The ultimate goal of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program is to teach convicted felons to become entrepreneurs.
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by Patrick Kobler |
Feb 24, 2016
From Reunion Tower in Dallas, to AT&T stadium in Arlington, and on to the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, the people of DFW are generating a palpable energy.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
