Hino offers the millennials a bit of advice when it comes to cultivating a successful career: “It all begins with a successful career in real life before you try to build one online,” he says. “I had built my program and reputation as a trainer before I ever put it on social media. You see me in real life teaching classes and training people, not just posting a bunch of selfies and inspirational quotes. ‘Likes’ mean nothing if they don’t translate into actual revenue, so hone your real skills, work on your craft, create a base, and then use social media as a marketing tool.”
A supporter of children and an advocate for AIDS awareness, Hino would also develop annual fashion shows with the proceeds donated to children in African living with the disease. He also went back to his first love, soccer, and created a little league soccer team called “The LBH Kickers,” and served as the team’s coach. “I aspire to inspire,” Hino said when asked how his accomplishments have impacted the African and African American community. “I come from humble beginning and persevered to build my own build my own business from nothing. I hope that others can see that they, too, can reach their highest heights by simply using their God given talents.”
As impressive as Hino is, the energetic force believes that his own narrative can help to change how mainstream media paints Africa and Africans through hard work and earned results. “Africans being poor and desolate is not the case of all or even most Africans,” Hino tells us. “Yes, there are those who escape their horrid situations in Africa; however, my life is a positive example that not all who emigrate from Africa are poor. No matter your status or stature, your work ethic dictates your success. You can come to America and survive or you can come here and excel and experience a lifestyle unlike any other.”
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