Desire Johnson-Forte
Desire J. Forte is an expert of micro participatory project ideation to implementation monitoring. She owns the BIZ Stoop (founder), Damn Good Teas (consumer product), and Luv Euphor (artisan crafts). Through the principles of her social enterprises, she offers a unique perspective to service providers who work with or for young adults. Desire is a social entrepreneur from Oakland and Santa Monica, CA. She supports her family through education consulting, and lifestyle curation. Desire earned her BA in English, with an emphasis in creative writing and minor in tthnic studies from Mills College in 2013. She is an alumnus of the Youth Impact Hub, Youth Business USA, and Uptima Business Bootcamp. Her long term career goal is to develop transformative healing curriculum; publish written/oratorical work; and eventually to share motivational speaking across the globe. She has completed a dozen mental health trainings, and continues to support her start-up peers through mentorship and creative outlets.
