Electrician - Derrick Stephens

Derrick Stephens comes from a family full of JackRabbits. His mother graduated from Poly decades ago and his daughter will graduate from Poly next year. He’s an electrician and entrepreneur who grew up in when the hip hop success of Rappers like Snoop Dogg and Warren G made the term LBC for Long Beach known around the world. He dropped a few singles, too, under the rap name Juice.

Ask him anything about any car. Odds are he'll know the answer. Old cars, classic cars, new cars, race cars...he's about it. He loved cars so much, he started community college to study auto body and then eventually open up his own body shop. A series of events lead him from auto body to welding to becoming an electrician.

In addition to working as an electrician, he still buys, fixes up and sales car as a hobby. He's living his version of the American Dream and credits his wife, Gena Garza Stephens, with changing his relationship to money and investments.

Favorite Quote: Save money now so money can save you later.

First Record Purchase: Double Dutch Bus by Frankie Smith. Favorite Artist: Ice Cube. I chose for him It Was A Good Day.