The Yodhhewawhe sisters are the definition of ‘Black girl magic’ with their amazing accomplishments that started from the life lessons handed down from their parents.
Kebar, Yehuwdiyth and Beyth-Shan Yodhhewawhe sat down in an exclusive interview with Atlanta Black Star to discuss how they were determined to carry out their mother’s legacy. The three sisters all earned their doctorate degrees by the age of 30.
Their story starts with humble beginnings in Miami, Florida. Their parents believed in hard work, entrepreneurship and ownership, but lacked the educational foundation to have continued success in being small business owners. The sisters’ father, a native of the Republic of Panama, ran a gift shop and their mother, a native of Miami, Florida, started her own line of hair-care products. Both businesses failed, and the sisters saw their parents lose everything, including their family home.
“We saw our parents lose everything trying to run their small business,” said Kebar Yodhhewawhe. “It wasn’t because they weren’t hard workers, but they both lacked the knowledge needed to run a successful small business. Their biggest problem was managing the finances. They didn’t create a financial plan, but would just see an empty building or an opportunity and acted on it.”
The sisters seeing their family businesses fail, helped fuel them to learn the foundations of owning and operating a small business. This turned into them using that passion to gain more through education. All three sisters graduated high school early after being homeschooled by their mother and started college before they were old enough to drive. They all received their bachelor’s degrees through an online program with Grantham University in Lenexa, Kansas, and doctorate degrees from Northcentral University in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Kebar, 27, is the youngest of the trio. She graduated high school at the age of 14, and by the age of 16, she had already…
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