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# Jalen Ponder: fulfilling a dream and moving on

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Rockton-Roscoe News

*By: Jean Seegers on April 18, 2025*

The creator of Drive 815 is heading to San Francisco to become a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley and Associates.

[Jalen Ponder](https://roscoenews.com/young-entrepreneur-mission-succeed/) has never wavered from his goal of becoming a successful business owner, a college graduate and, most recently, a career as a financial advisor. In that order.

Jalen and his family moved from Detroit to Rockton when he was 15 years old. His parents decided Detroit was not a safe place to live at the time. While a student at Hononegah Community High School, he elected to take a newly developed entrepreneurial business class, INCubatoredu.

[Read More](https://roscoenews.com/jalen-ponder-fulfilling-a-dream-and-moving-on/)

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