the ashante alert act of 2018 is named after 19-year-old virginia resident ashante billey who was attending culinary school in the hopes of opening her own bakery one day. pursuing her dreams, she split her time between working at a blimpie's restaurant at fort story and taking culinary classes at virginia beach. but on september 18, 2015, in norfolk, virginia, ashante's dreams were cut short when she was abducted shortly after arriving at work. unfortunately, ashanti was found murdered in north carolina 11 days after she was first reported missing. her parents, who were not living in hampton roads at that point, rushed to the region after she disoopped and spent literally almost two weeks trying to get enforcement and others engaged and get the word out. the truth is after she was missing for those 11 days and discovered in north carolina, the authorities did later find and arrest her killer. but ashanti's tragic murder raised an important question about whether more could have been done to save her life. because at a time of her abduction, at just 19 years old, ashanti billie was too old

frank and ashante went through their program. i mean -- lemonis: what's the program for?i: it's for youth who are looking for something to better their future, basically. lemonis: they basically give you different trade skills? mimi: yeah. you either go through sales, graphic design, or, like, the business route. they set you up for success, basically. lemonis: here? wow. what i like about what queork provides the yep kids is an opportunity to learn a skill and a trade. that's a business plan as long as it makes a profit that i can buy into. ♪ you've really done nothing that added a little bit of life to the bag, and so when i look at, like, the stitching here, like, if you did that in red or if you did it in purple and gold... have you tried to do stuff like that? jackie: amanda has certain tastes. she's not really into color. amanda: this is safe. jackie: yep. lemonis: i want to give the artists and the workers there the freedom to put their own stamp on things. we know that a basic product will sell 8 times out of 10, but i want those extra two sales. delivering the sa