Laforenzo Wilkins (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) Laforenzo Wilkins started a company that specializes in credit repair DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Laforenzo Wilkins kept himself busy during the pandemic: He came out.
He started a new business. And he helped a number of people along the way. Wilkins grew up in poverty in a small town in Mississippi, where “I had no one to teach me about financial literacy,” he said.
So he joined the military and was stationed in South Korea. After his discharge, he earned his BA and began a career as a car salesman.
But, he said, “I always knew I wanted to help people, to teach people.” So, he said, he spent time praying and asking himself, “What am I supposed to be doing?” He found