Blount III, Isaac

Isaac A Blount Ill, is a Trained Entrepreneurial Mindset Facilitator, WRAP Facilitator, NC Certified Peer Support Specialist and an Entrepreneur. He is also a Husband and a father of three. He holds a Degree in Social Work from Shaw University and currently runs a Non-profit organization named Redirection CDC. He is Formerly justice-involved and has a passion to add value to others. Isaac was incarcerated in Federal Prison in 1997 for selling drugs leaving his wife at home to raise two young boys. While in prison he suffered from depression and separating anxiety because he had left his family behind and could not provide for them. Once released from prison he had to find employment to support his young family, while his wife supported her husband while dealing with him coming back to re-enter into the community with a label on his back called FELON. He eventually found work and went back to school to get his North Carolina Real Estate Brokers license, North Carolina Insurance License, as well as his degree in Social Work and is now currently working on his Master's Degree in Education. Isaac's life experience, as well as training experience, expresses his passion for service and aptitude to deliver high-quality education that will prepare individuals for work as a peer support specialist.