Coach Willie Blake Shares His Favorite Childhood Comfort Foods, from Chicken Nuggets and Mac and Cheese to Hot Dogs and Memories of His Mother’s Cooking

So before we continue our discussion about your favorite food, Mr. Willy, can you tell us about Own Your Dyslexia?

Yeah, of course.

Own Your Dyslexia, it is about, since I grew up with dyslexia since I was in the first grade, it was a challenge for me, and that's how I saw it my entire life until [clears throat] I started looking at the good things that come with it, the empathy, the perspective, the problem-solving, out-of-box thinking.

And so I created, um, Own Your Dyslexia, which is my brand of taking something that was given to me, I can't...

It's not a cu- there's no cure for it, and truly taking ownership.

And instead of seeing it, which most people do, as a disadvantage, turning it into an advantage.

So what will be your vision and mission to your company?

Currently, right now, our vision is to, we have a YouTube channel, a Dyslexic Achievers Hub, where we are building it up to a million dyslexics.

And so it's truly bringing every, all the dyslexics together 'cause we j- dyslexia is not something you talk about.

It's one of those taboo topics.

You don't know if your friend-

[laughs]

... has it unless it comes up in passing.

So it's uniting this community of individuals who, as they grew up, struggled with something that honestly fi- uh, about 10% of the population struggled with, bringing us all together and knowing that we're all going through that same thing.

Indeed.

And Mr. Willy, good luck to that, uh, vision and mission of your company.

Hoping you will help more dyslexic people all over the world.

We here on Food 101, we support you.

Wish we g- we will give you our 100% support for your program.

So let's go, let's go back to your favorite food.