CHICAGO (WGN) — Stephen Mitchell Jr., a 12-year-old sixth student at Bronzeville Classical School in Chicago, has earned multiple awards for math, poetry and robotics. Along with his stellar academics, "Stevie" is also passionate about track and tennis.

But he has his eyes set on becoming an entrepreneur one day: Stevie says he wants to own a Chick-fil-A by the time he's 25 years-old.

"You want to do something that you love and not something that will just get you this money, but something that you actually enjoy and wake up always wanting to go there," Stevie said.

He already has a "future operator" name tag and even dressed up as his mentor for Halloween, Kareem Edwards, a loving father and the owner/operator of a local Chick-fil-A.

"[Stevie's] father expressed to me that he dressed

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