From One Business to Two: How Scymentress Built a Life of Abundance with JUST
She came looking for funding. She left with a whole new way of seeing herself — and her future.
By: Jorge Ortega ● March 23, 2026
READ TIME: 2 minutes
When Scymentress joined JUST, she was already running Global Race Management — a business she'd built from the ground up. But she knew there was more potential inside her. She needed clarity, community, and the courage to think bigger.
That's exactly the kind of entrepreneur JUST was built for. A nonprofit rooted in Texas, JUST exists to serve ambitious Black and Brown women like Scymentress — builders who have the drive but have been historically shut out of the capital and networks they need to scale. No credit score required; just trust, accountability, and a firm belief that women with a dream deserve a real shot. To date, JUST has served more than 14,000 entrepreneurs, invested $33 million, and maintained a remarkable 99% loan repayment rate.
What Scymentress found through JUST's peer groups — called JETAs (JUST Entrepreneur Trust Agents) — was something she hadn't expected: a mindset shift.
"When you have the right support, you start seeing opportunities everywhere." —Scymentress, Global Race Management & MeauxJeaux Customs
Through the JETA community, accountability structures, and access to capital, Scymentress began thinking differently about her business — and herself. She invested her loan into marketing, driving significant revenue growth for Global Race Management. Then came the Savings Challenge, and the moment that changed everything. When she won, she didn't just celebrate. She leveraged it.
Using her prize — a Cricut cutting machine — Scymentress launched a second venture: MeauxJeaux Customs, creating a reliable new income stream during slower seasons in her primary business. One win became a foundation.
Today, Scymentress runs two thriving businesses, backed by a sisterhood that believed in her before she fully believed in herself. Her story isn't about a loan or a prize — it's about what becomes possible when a woman is trusted with the tools, the community, and the space to grow.
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