Name
Myles Busby
Company/Organization
Soil
What Does Your Company/Organization Do?
Promote the importance of mental health and wellness through youth sports, physical education, and helping providing educational resources.
Age
k-Adult
Accomplishments
Partnering with the Niles Buchanan YMCA on a series of outdoor group exercise classes. Facilitating partnerships with the Niles Brewery, 2nd & Main, and SLR Pilates on the Summer Series, a 6 week workout course that offered a variety of workout classes. Hosting over 300 kids in our Soil Youth Basketball League and our Michiana Skills Basketball Camp.
What else do you hope to accomplish by the age of 40?
Having a brand that can become as recognizable as Nike, around the Midwest. Developing scholarships for minority students in Southwest Michigan, along with incorporating mentoring programs that offer students financial literacy courses and provides additional educational resources.
Education
– 2014 Mott Community College Graduate
– Flint, MI. Bachelor’s in Sports Management from Chadron State College
– Chadron, NE. Plans to pursue MBA from Howard University
What Town Do You Reside In?
Niles, MI
Where were you born?
South Bend, IN
What was your first job?
Sherwin Williams and Camp counselor at the Northside after school program through the Niles Buchanan YMCA.
Best advice you ever got?
You have to be the catalyst for change. There’s no such thing as a bad decision, it’s the energy behind the decisions you make.
Who inspires you most?
My late great grandfather, Leon Parker Taylor. My late brother Martell Miller, and my sons, Parker and Sebastian Busby
That one thing about you we’d be most surprised to learn.
Very private and shy.
What do you love to do in your downtime?
Hangout with my family, relax and watch movies, workout.
What book are you reading now?
A New Eath, Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
Volunteer activity you love the most.
Speak to kids to inspire them to strive for more!
What motivates you to give back to your community?
Being an African American male, understanding the hardships of life and growing up in certain areas. I want to bridge gaps and bring communities together to make the our community the standard for unity and change.
What Superpower would you most love to have? (for example, the ability to fly or to be invisible, or incredible strength, etc)
The ability to fly.
What would you like to leave behind as your legacy once you are gone?
I want the presence of Soil to continue to exist and to be impactful long after I physically leave the Earth. Through the teaching’s and purpose, my hope is for my children’s children to carry on that legacy of giving back, inspiring and selflessness, to help positively impact their communities and in their journey becoming future leaders.
What does the honor of being named to the 40 Under 40 most mean to you?
It means the world to me. Something that did not seem obtainable, and also something that I never set out or intended to do. My cousin, Austin Gammage, laid the foundation by being honored for 30 under 30 a few years ago, and following up with being honored for the 40 under 40 as well. Through this achievement, I hope to inspire and continue to pave the way for my family by serving others.
