“We’re about not only making a difference, but being a difference,” said Lavaille Lavette, author of the children’s series “Adventures of Roopster Roux.”
Lavaille Lavette is a former teacher who started a popular series of children’s stories to get her brother interested in reading.
She also got businessmen Mohammed Abdallah and Naser Odeh interested in her idea to build a “gas station with purpose.”