Story & Lesson Highlights with Mrs. Leanna Price

Mrs. Leanna Price shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.

Good morning Leanna , it’s such a great way to kick off the day – I think our readers will love hearing your stories, experiences and about how you think about life and work. Let’s jump right in? What are you chasing, and what would happen if you stopped?
I am chasing generational wealth for my children. I want them to have a legacy to follow behind, and when the days come that I am no longer here, they will have many paths of passed down wealth. Many people don’t understand the importance of building wealth for your families. The woman I am today understands the importance of breaking generational curses. If I stopped, I would risk my children falling in the broken curses that were passed to me in which pushed me to climb myself out of.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Leanna Price, formerly knows as Leanna Braun. I am a mom, wife, and new grad nurse. Many of you remember me as the single mom, better known as “Teen Mom OG.” I started my nonprofit organization, “She Is Incorporated” in 2020 right around the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. My organization gears towards the teenage parent percentile, in hopes of changing the trajectory and outcomes of young parents. I became a mother at 17 years old. I faced many hardships and struggles in my younger years between parenting, working 2-3 jobs, and still reminding myself that I have dreams in the process. I had many goals before I hit age 30. Every last one of them was accomplished— including writing a book, being on a billboard in Times Square, getting married, starting a nonprofit, and more. I am pushing 2 years married. I gave birth to my third child 8 months after marriage, and went back to school to be a nurse. The last 2 years I have nested in my new life with my little family, and drew closer to my education. She Is Incorporated is a safe space for me that I allowed to share with others who have walked in my shoes. Teen motherhood is not easy and I wanted to build a platform that not only empowers others, but delivers skills and knowledge that can be applied to everyday life. Giving back to the community has not only been rewarding, but an eye opener to myself that it is not where you start, but where you finish. I can say I am very pleased with my performance.

Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
Before I understood life, it was embedded that I was a struggling teen mother who came from a broken family that had no choice but to work multiple jobs, rely on government assistance to survive, along with no parental support. My father went to prison back in 1994, currently still there, and my mother became completely absent in my adolescent years around age 10. I was persuaded to believe that the destination for me was the bare minimum. Sometimes you can become blinded to your destiny based upon what is in front of you. I made the initiative to not allow that for myself and scouted for more. The universe revealed to me that I am BIGGER than the original program. I am not just a teen mother who came from section-8 and food stamps. I am a survivor. I am a leader. I am a fighter. I am a wife. I am a nurse. I am everything that I couldn’t see myself being looking 10 years back.

When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?
Oh gosh! Let me just start by saying pain builds character. Struggle builds character. Hardship builds character. I came to a point in my life where I was no longer insecure about struggles, my appearance or my short comings. Everything that I endured that was made out to hurt me only made me stronger. Being robbed of my childhood years molded me to never look back in regret. I promised myself I would only take the downfalls and make them the building blocks of my success. Once I started to understand the power of pain, I channeled it and made it my purpose. I used my real life experiences as my platform that has touched many lives and overtime I pray will continue to make a difference not just in my community, but globally. I would say it was roughly age 25 when I decided that I would use my power and never live in shame, guilt or doubt because life is only what we make it and what we allow.

So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. Is the public version of you the real you?
100%. I cannot be anything but my authentic self. The audience that I gear towards requires truthfulness and honesty. Telling your story requires strength and courage. It wasn’t easy to tell my life story in the beginning. It was confirmation that I was becoming more at peace about myself and my experiences once I actually went along and wrote my book. It can be found on Amazon. It is titled, “From Heartbreak to Healing: The Reality of Teen Motherhood.” [Written by Leanna Braun] This project was my way of allowing supporters and my audience to truly hear my story up close and personal. I regret nothing.

Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
Inshallah (God Willing) people will be able to share how much I deeply loved my children. I put so much of myself on the line to give them everything I didn’t. I made it clear to myself from the very beginning that my children will never suffer the pain and hardship I had to endure from absent parents. I want to be remembered as hardworking and goal driven. I never accepted “No” as an answer or I always made ways to figure it out. Others would also say I loved Islam, and how much it saved my life. My love for the community and the impact my organization made on others truly touched my heart while working in my destiny. Many will say I am very vocal and straight forward, but also loving with a heart of gold. I love to laugh and live in the moment. I pray everyone remembers me for who I truly am, and know that I am the epitome of “still standing.”

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