We had the good fortune of connecting with Stevevonna Evans and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Stevevonna, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?

After my family’s fight with CFS it was only right that I did what I could to help other families going through the same system. So after years of talking about it, close friends and family pushed me to actually bring Haven’s Future to life.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?

The business owner path was really my only option. As a single mother of 3, I found myself working 16 to 18 hour days (building somebody else’s dream) just to make ends meet. I was missing games and school events and I didn’t want to be that mom. I started my entrepreneur journey in 2018 and haven’t looked back. Fast forward to today, I have a successful financial services firm and just launched my nonprofit, Haven’s Future. Was the path easy? Of course not, but nothing worth having ever is. The secret is to be consistent and commit to the process, not the result. You will spend days and days doing your DMO’s with no result, then one day everything will take off. But for that to happen you have to be consistent.

Haven’s Future is a 501(c)(3) whose sole purpose is to help families that are affected by Children and Family Services (formally CPS). According to the Attorney General’s report 3.5 million kids a year are removed by CFS, of which 2.7 are wrongfully removed. Our goal at Haven’s Future is to change that by locking arms with CFS to provide a service to where they don’t have to break up the family.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.

I live in the High Desert, there isn’t much to see here but one of my favorite places to eat would have to be Pancho Villa’s (AKA PV).

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?

My Haven’s Future team, Haven’s Future wouldn’t be here without them.

Website: havensfuture.org

Instagram: havens_future

Facebook: Havens Future

Image Credits
Preston Brown

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