Nana Duncan says she was first inspired to become a real estate developer over a decade ago, at a time when she had a very different job: college counselor.
After college, Duncan was working as a free college counselor for high school students in Harlem when she noticed students’ housing was getting in the way of their work. They often broke appointments because they lived in crowded apartments and weren’t getting enough sleep, or were afraid they’d get jumped on their way to meet her.
“What I found was how much their living environment impacted their ability to access the resources that I had for them,” Duncan said…