January 19, 2022
Aaron Smith hosts a podcast called, Escaping the Odds, where he talks to formerly incarcerated people about their entrepreneurial endeavors, how their time away
affected them and what prompted them to start their own business. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY CASSANDRA WELLER
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ESCAPING THE ODDS PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS FORMERLY INCARCERATED
Aaron Smith grew up on the city’s South side in a home that valued education. Smith always knew he would go to college. When he fell into the drug and street culture it changed the trajectory of his life. He was going to college and even graduated, with a business degree, but he also was selling drugs. This led him to get arrested, indicted and sent to federal prison for 12 years.