My name is Steven Trevino and I am the president and CEO of I Scoop Poop. I’m eight years clean from opiates and prescription pills. I spent 32 months in Texas prison and was released in August of 2020. When I came home, I started a small side hustle: picking up dog poop for three neighbors every Friday for $20 a week. I didn’t have a driver’s license, I didn’t have a car, nor did I have a girlfriend. My dad would drive me to my poop-scooping appointments. I wore an ankle monitor after my release, so I’d have to cover it with jeans while I was working in the heat trying to gain business.
Every day I’d place door hangers around my parents’ neighborhood that read: “I Scoop Poop! Quality Poop Scoop At An Affordable Rate.” My mom would drop me off on one side of there neighborhood, and hours later she’d pick me up on the other side of the neighborhood after dropping off hundreds of hangers. I had to be home by 6pm every day for the first 60 days of my release because of the requirements of my parole. I realized I could make great extra money doing this. At $20 a week that’s over $1,000 a year per customer!

From there, I built a larger business with my big brother’s help: I Scoop Poop — Your Dog’s Business Is My Business! Today we service 75–105 houses every day, Monday through Saturday. We have over 500 customers who we service each week in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex and surrounding cities. I own a truck, 2 company vehicles, and we employ 5 part-time workers who depend on us for a paycheck every week. I’m grateful to have an amazing new wife and a new baby boy, Lawson Wayne Trevino, who was born November 7th, 2025. I’ve increased my credit score to almost an 800 and I started a Roth IRA in 2021. I’m proud of the life I’ve built and the success I have. I couldn’t have done it without my brother and my familys support. And I give God all of the credit!

While my path has had its harsh moments, including some intense prison experiences, those moments sparked a spiritual awakening during a segregation stay from October 4th to October 24th of 2018. I wound up being in a prison fight that I didn’t want to have no part of from the beginning. But in prison you cannot back down from anyone or you’ll have a bad jacket. It was hard in prison because I’m hispanic, Im 6 feet 2 inches tall, I don’t speak spanish, nor am I a gang member. My job was the officer barber, which invoked a lot of jealousy to other inmates who cut hair too. I was a target but I did my best to mind my business. I ended up winning that fight by a mile. And being in segregation for those 20 days changed the trajectory of my life. I met Jesus while I was alone in that room and I could literally feel what He told me…”Steven, pray for others and you will be blessed. This is your calling.” I was a little frightened hearing those words in my heart but It made so much sense to me. When I was younger I used to pray a lot. My prayers would come true so dramatically and often quite quickly. I almost felt I had this power which in reality was Faith. It was so clear what I needed to do. And til this day I silently pray for individuals everyday.

My journey has been scary, funny, and heartbreaking. It led me to where I am today: losing everything and gaining a life of purpose and gratitude. Being a successful business owner and having a company grow every year is truly humbling. I would love to share my testimony and outlook with others. I’m hoping one day I can talk to prisoners, and young adults, about how God transformed my mind, my heart, and my life. I made a promise to God to never do drugs again. And I’ve stuck with it for 8 years and counting. And I pray to God my story will give people hope.