Native of Shreveport La, but Baton Rouge La did all the  "raising". Monroe has resided in Dallas since finishing legislative work for the State of Louisiana in 08 (Tony graduated from The Southern University A&M College in Fall of 08 with a B.S. in marketing). After working with AT&T &  the Marketing Arm of Dallas, he quickly learned that the networking and rapport building skills learned on the Yard would play to his advantage in the Obama recession right out of SU. Pivoting from the ad agency sector to the nonprofit realm was no easy feat. Now working as a custom Suiting Stylist entrepreneurially, and Scholarship Program Director currently, the trajectory has been filled with lessons and educational hurdles!