Taylor Hall
Imagine going to school, being a single mom, having a full time job, and running an organization, Taylor Hall does that and so much more. She is working on her Master of History with an end goal to hopefully become a college professor. Life really changes the things we think we want, for example, in Taylor’s case, she originally wanted to become a lawyer, or move over seas to teach English for a couple of years. Her life took a turn and she had a kid. Hall talks about how kids are life altering for the better and she wouldn’t change it for the world. Her kid is now two years old and made her so much stronger and given her all the happiness she could ever want. She doesn’t regret any choices her younger self made, because if it weren’t for those, she wouldn’t be doing the things she gets to do now. It’s hard for her to even imagine her life without her son, Patton.
“It’s so hard to find really like cute little boy clothes, you’re stuck with either doing dinosaurs, animals, or like Nike apparel,” said Hall. After a lot of research was done she was able to get a business license to start this online venture. She named it PG Styles, with the hope to get those stylish boys clothes out to the people around her. The name stemmed from her son, and is actually his initials. One day, if she ever has the time, she hopes to expand and make that business into an in person store or wherever else it takes her. This started as a side business for her when she was a stay at home mom and she was taking a break from her schooling. She would like to see it grow but it isn’t on her top priority list.
Taylor Hall is a woman of many skills. Besides her clothing business and school, she works for the Miller County Sheriffs office. There, she spends her day preparing paperwork for the judge and prosecutors office. About once a week she will actually sit in on criminal court. Following the court session, she will assist with making sure the inmate gets back to the jail. “It’s always interesting and definitely um.. crazy, uh.. but fun and I love what I do,” said Hall. She says that this is not a forever job but it will work for now. Her father is actually a state trooper and he got word about this opportunity and through word of mouth, she was able to score the job.
Having family in the first responder field and being around that field herself, Hall took part in creating an non profit organization. This organization is called Beyond the Badge. Beyond the Badge focuses on helping and raising money for police and other first responder fields in and around Texarkana. Anyone can join and take part in the things they do. To raise money the will put on fundraisers. Some of their fundraiser include: golf tournaments, selling t-shirts, raffles, and many more. Any money that they raise goes directly to the cause and none to themselves. However, there is a $25 a year fee for members and that money will go toward buying t-shirts and snacks for meetings. The meeting happen usually once and month and there they will make game plans for the events to come. There is a lot of behind the scene jobs that the board members will take part in during their spare time. Hall, specifically is in charge of the social media, marketing and membership management. She has taken a lot of the marketing skills she learned from this organization and applied that to her boys clothing business as well.
“If any little thing had gone differently, like, we wouldn’t be where we are today” said Hall.