GEORGETOWN — Ebony Hughes, a successful business owner and community leader who runs a thriving nonprofit organization and an insurance agency, has a goal of helping to mold the future workforce of South Carolina.
She grew up in rural Georgetown County and attended Carver’s Bay High School in the early 2000s, performing near the top of her class. But the future was not very clear.
“I had my first child in high school and had to get over the people that said I was stupid and could not survive,” Hughes said. “So, I had to show them that I could. I already knew I could. I didn’t just want to succeed, it had to be in a big way.”
While attending Coastal Carolina University a few years later, her life changed overnight.
“I was engaged to be married while also expecting my second child, which was a miracle because they said I wouldn’t even be able to have another child because of health issues,”...
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