After attending Seton Hill, North Carolina A&T and Penn State, Titus Morris received his bachelor’s degree in Business and is currently in school pursuing a master’s in Business Administration.
A 24-year-old Black male born and raised on the North Side, and a Perry High School graduate, Morris is praised as a city success story. He is a property owner and the CEO of Dannie Marie’s Service Coordinators by TLM LLC.
“My motivation is for the generations to come. I want to leave something behind that will make sure my kids are going to be okay, my grandkids are going to be okay, and so on, and so forth. I want to feel like I did something here, and really make an impact. That’s what keeps me going, and gets me out of bed each day,” Morris said.
The losses of both his sister and brother are also two key reasons why it’s important for Morris to be all he can be.
Dannie Marie’s, which is named as a tribute to Morris’ late sister, is a company dedicated to providing exceptional, family-focused support while preventing nursing home admission by assisting clients with the best at-home services possible to fit their needs.
The company exists to support coordination, prevention of nursing home admission, personal care assistance, durable medical equipment, assistive technology, transportation, discharge planning, and personal emergency response systems.
“Juggling two businesses and school takes a lot of time out of my schedule, but in my spare time I also like to volunteer and mentor youth within my community because it’s not all about success and money,” Morris said. “Success, to me, is being able to impact the community by encouraging them and exposing them to what is often seen as impossible. I want one of these young men to look at me, and say ‘oh, that’s the guy down the street, he did that,’ I want that to happen.”
Morris just officially started Dannie Marie’s Service Coordinators in July and has already achieved working with numbers of consumers.
“You don’t want to be a should of, could of, would of. Whatever you want to do, or wherever you see yourself, go out here and strive for it,” he said.
“Yes, it takes time because there is no such thing as a get rich quick scheme, but I promise you it will be so worth it. My personal motto in life is to be hungry and humble. Get hungry and go get it,” he said.
Morris says he is humbled to be where he is today.
“In the times we live in today, I’m honored for this opportunity and I think we are in a time where its crucial for positive Black males to be highlighted in the media for other reasons outside of drugs, street violence, racial stereotyping, and the list goes on and on,” he said. “So it’s truly an honor. I would not be the man that I am today if it wasn’t for my mother and father. Those are my main guys.”
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