34-year-old works remotely from Mexico City, makes $350,000 a year: 'My goal isn't necessarily to just be rich'

This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money.

When the Covid-19 pandemic shut down courts in early 2020, Derrick Morgan Jr.’s work at an Indianapolis-based law firm slowed dramatically.

Faced with reduced contingency work, he started looking for new ways to earn income. Around that time, his cousin was starting a business and asked for help registering a trademark — something Morgan had studied in law school.

“I did the trademark for it and was like, ‘Oh, that’s not that bad, I remember it,’” the 34 year-old tells CNBC Make It. “It’s just like riding a bike.”

Morgan began offering trademark services on Fiverr, an online freelance platform.