Chase is a 16-year old 10th-grader who attends Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem and is now the proud owner of his own sneaker pawn shop.

He got the idea from a situation involving his dad when he ask to borrow $50 spending money to wait outside on a new release. Chase had to sell well over 200 pairs of his own collection to come up with the money to open his own shop. Continuing reading the full story here.