Only 17 years old and she’s already a POWERHOUSE … making moves, breaking down barriers, rising above the obstacle, and taking the world in her hands! This Business and Biology beauty, Ms. Karrington Jones, is a senior at Whitney Young Leadership Academy, sophomore at Tri-C, the reigning 2015 Miss Jr Teen Cleveland, 2016 Delta Sigma Theta Teen Lift Debutante and a “student-preneur”: CEO of Opulent YOU Consulting. Karrington created and founded, Opulent YOU consulting in 2016 after realizing that she had a gift. At an early age, she had an itch for meeting her goals… she always wanted to meet and succeed before anyone else. She used planners and free printable to her accomplish her goals. Karrington always loved and adored helping people figure out their lives, she would quick to tell someone what to do and how to do it, including her younger siblings. In addition to helping people, she also wanted to improve the quality of life in businesses, New ideas excite Karrngton, she lives, sleeps and thrives off ideas… the development of new ideas excite her! Now, she considers herself as a minimalist and figuring out how to save money is her extreme passion. Karrington utilized her daily resources and created a precious tool that will help spread knowledge and create amazing success stories!
Opulent YOU is a boutique consulting firm that provides an opportunity to help aid in the navigation of a young adult’s quest towards their definition of success. Opulent YOU builds bright financial futures with their financial literacy program, workshops and resume writing services and the hope to lead individuals down the right career path in a more confident manner. Opulent YOU also stresses the importance of time management and thorough planning in the journey towards a specific goal. Opulent YOU provides a strong support to young adults and also aid in creating young adults. Being a student-preneur is Karrington’s heart and passion, she absolutely loves the opportunity to be able to help young people take the chance and risk of their life to build their empire, all while juggling an entire school and work load. She wants to switch the stereotypical “play then work” and replace with “work now, play later”. This young women is truly on her “grind and hustle”!!! The motto that she lives by doesn’t mean grow up quick, and by all means, she’s not trying to; She just wants to work a little bit harder while you are young so that the post “high school graduation” life can be just a little smoother and meeting your goals can be just a little easier.
Karrington has always had major support, inspiration and motivation in her life; but her biggest inspirations in her life are Bebe Shellie-Robinson of Cayden Cay Consulting and Ming Lee of Snob-Life Studios. These two powerhouse women have stories that will cause you tears after tears. They hustle like there is no tomorrow. These two women have inspired Karrington to go on every single day; and are always that light at the end of her dark tunnel. They are living proof that you can make it through anything!
In Karrington’s free time, she is pursuing a pageant career that started from one letter in the mail to be a part of Miss Jr Teen Cleveland. Karrington’s mom, who’s also a single mom of four and who just lost her great grandmother paid all of the expenses on her own with little to no support. She believed in supporting and feeding her daughter’s dream and that this would fulfill Karrington’s God given purpose. In 2015, Karrington won first place and was crowned “Miss Jr Teen Cleveland’ now participates in various research projects and volunteer opportunities that will make a difference in her community.
Karrington truly enjoys helping her peers plan and prepare for the biggest decisions of their lives; from money to mapping to career planning. She provides an original and authentic process that will better prepare her own generation for their future. She believes that everyone has their own definition of success and she wants her peers to “Work Now and Play Later”.