Inspiring Conversations with Demetries Green of DG Credit Consulting

Today we’d like to introduce you to Demetries Green.

Hi Demetries, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today. 
Walk you through my story? Whew, do you have enough space for that? LOL, I was born and raised in Garner, NC. I am the oldest of 4 kids by my mom (3 younger sisters), so I have always been the “leader” I graduated from Southeast Raleigh High School and later attended Shaw University as a non-traditional student (working & attending night classes full-time) I am also a Proud member of the greatest fraternity of the Divine 9, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. 

What can I say about myself? I have my father’s ambition. I have been working since I was 15 years old. I remember my mom telling me she wasn’t going to buy me a pair of Nike air force 1’s for $80, and I got a job at crabtree valley mall at Mrs. Fields and never looked back. I have always had a mindset to put myself in a position to not depend on anyone- especially if it is something I can do myself. 

I have worked in many fields, from retail to fast food, customer service, and administration, and I have been in healthcare for the last 11 years. I currently have the role as an A/R Manager, where I oversee the state of California Medical practices. In October of this year, I will be married to the love of my life of 12 years, Porscha Green. 

I wear so many hats; I am also an ordained Elder. I grew up in church, forced to attend church by my mom growing up so I think it was only right that I would become a preacher as it definitely runs on both sides of my family, 

In 2018, I experienced a mental health breakdown. I was diagnosed with PTSD and Depression. I had no idea of all the stress I was under from work, life, and childhood trauma, and I had never dealt with them. I sought out therapy and began to work on myself and my mental health. In 2022 I wrote my first book, “The Tears I’ve Cried: A Memoir,” about my life, marriage, parents, and finding my place to speak out about my mental health as a man and Black man in this society that says we must perform and always be “a man.” 

I created a podcast 913. 913 is based upon the scripture Matthew 9:13. To show compassion for those in distress and not sacrifice. To answer the call to change our ways and change our minds. I speak on life issues and how God is for those that don’t have it all together and to show grace for those and we require grace to be shown to us. Really 913 is geared toward men to give us a safe space to speak out and share without the judgment and criticism we experience. 

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Life has not been a smooth road. Think of how beautiful the ocean can be and calming, then how it can rage and cause so much damage. Some of my struggles growing up were with my self-identity. I was a chubby kid, I didn’t have a lot of self-confidence, and to be honest, I didn’t know what that was. I didn’t grow up in an environment where I was told I was handsome or I value myself, nor asked what my dreams or aspirations were. My father was not present in my life due to some decisions that he made at a young age that sent him away for 15 years of my life. So, to not know your self-worth, and on top of that not have your father or any positive male influence that I could not identify or look up to as a role model. 

Down to my weight had always made me insecure, and I wore bigger clothes than what I was because I did not want to show my body shape; crazy, but as a guy, I was self-conscience. I started working out after seeing myself in a picture at a friend’s wedding and couldn’t believe how big I had gotten. I have dropped over 100 lbs., and my goal isn’t to be super skinny but to be health and in my best form, physically and mentally. 

Also experiencing emotional and physical abuse as a child, my mother was in a domestic violence relationship with two of my younger siblings’ father for 8 years. That affected me in such a way that I did need to get therapy as an adult to deal with that hurt, anger, and hate I carried towards him, tarnishing that as a male, I didn’t feel comfortable around other males based upon that level of trauma I experienced as an adolescent. I did share a lot in detail in my book about this. 

Thanks – so, what else should our readers know about DG Credit Consulting?
My business is Credit consulting, where I specialize in helping clients with their credit, how to understand their credit report and what credit actually is, and how it works for you. I started my business back in 2015-16ish. We, literally in our 20s, were about to file bankruptcy because we had been trying for years to buy a home and had some debts we couldn’t manage. We ended up not doing it, I started looking into repairing my own credit, networking with enterprises that were already in the arena of Credit Consulting, and my business took off. 

My motto is, “We do the work; you get the results.” What sets me apart is that I let my clients know I have been there, and I understand what it is like not understanding credit and the lack of knowledge regarding it, especially in our community. I make sure to teach all of my clients just as if it was me for the first time. 

What I am most proud of is the clients that I have had over the years, and they have been able to fix their credit, purchase homes, commercial property, business, or credit card loans with low-interest rates. 

DGCC is not the first business that I started; in 2012, my wife and I started a Hair extension business, “My Kingdom Hair,” and in 2021, my father, before his passing this year (June), ran a Trucking business Elite Demetries & Pete Transport. Of these businesses, I started with no knowledge but a great determination, networking, and favor to run them successfully. 

What was your favorite childhood memory?
My favorite childhood memory would be at my Grandparent’s house in Garner, NC. I pretty much was raised there and lived there whenever I wasn’t with my mom before she left my sister’s father. But we had Plum trees, granny smith apple trees, and I even had a tree with a lot of branches that I called “my tree House” We could climb to the top and look over the houses in the neighborhood. 

I have memories of where my grandmother worked at Angus Barn and retired from there; her co-worker gave me an all-black Chow that I called Smokie, I was about 6 years old, and I remember the day she brought him home in her Buick. 

Pricing:

• Book: The Tear’s I’ve Cried: A memoir” $23
• DG Credit Consulting $300 fee per individual

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.greenlifees.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dgcreditconsulting/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamDgreen/

Image Credits
David Scott