Raven Smith

Sister Mauretta once wrote, “To be successful, the first thing to do is to fall in love with your work." I have had a love for athletic training for as long as I can remember. I am honored to be member of the learning community at Mizzou . I aspire to be admitted into the Athletic Training Program in the School of Health Professions to achieve my passion and life’s journey of becoming an athletic trainer.
In addition, I am the CEO/ Creator of Straight From The GO...All good things from Chicago. I was born and raised in Chicago, and decided that Chicago must be represented in a positive light. Using my passion for Chicago, I created the phrase, “Straight from the Go,” and had it placed on t-shirts to dispel and reject the belief that Chicago is by nature a violent city that has no interest in creating a safe community where citizens can live in peace and harmony. To date I’ve been interviewed and spoken to many media outlets as well as presented my vision in front of 15 thousand individuals at the Allstate Arena. Currently my shirts are being sold in over 12 stores including O’Hare airport and The Bridge Campus store at the University of Missouri. A portion of all proceeds are given to victims of gun violence as well as families of fallen first responders. I believe that one voice that becomes the voice of hundreds, thousands, millions can make a difference.