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Twenty-Five Years to an Overnight Success!
Full disclosure, I grew up hearing I was ugly, dumb, fat, lazy and wouldn’t amount to much. I heard this from my parents. My father, in particular, would tell me...
A Passionate Champion of Foster Children
I moved to New York City from a small town in Oklahoma when I was 18 because I thought I wanted to be in theater. I was drawn to theater because it was what I...
Beginning a Modeling Career in her ‘50’s!
Growing up in Canada, it was inevitable that I would embrace outdoor activities in all seasons, however, in the dead of those long winter months, when frigid temperatures prevented any sort of outdoor fun, I...
Career Transformation from Nurse to Goat Farmer!
I grew up in Oyster Bay, Long Island surrounded by animals. My dad brought home a lot of strays and we had a menagerie that included horses, dogs, cats, turtles and even an injured owl....
A Personal Transformation Inspires a New Program for Girls
I was an overweight kid who never felt athletic. I hated gym class and was always the last one picked for the kickball and volleyball games. Although I loved to swim (I was in the...
Surviving Life Passages Leads to A Career of Compassion
At the age of 38, I was single and living a kind of fast and loose restaurant industry life in Long Island, New York. I had just bought a house and moved in on a...
A Spiritual Journey from Corporate Executive to Mission Driven Non-Profit Executive
I attended Boston College as a scholarship athlete and graduated with a double major in Theology and Economics. At the time, my father asked, “what will you do with that?” I ended up having an...
A Successful Career Transition from Corporate Exec to Entrepreneur
For about ten years, I worked for one of the largest healthcare companies in the world, in many different roles. My last being in medical education, working with experts around the globe who specialized in...
How a High School Dropout Became a Successful School Principal
At 86 years old, I’m a widow, mother of four boys, one granddaughter that I raised as my own, and retired educator. I was born on July 31st, 1931 in Newport News, Virginia. My six...
Improving the Lives of People with Autism
As a young woman growing up in New Jersey, I would not have imagined that in my 50s, I’d be President of NEXT for AUTISM, a non-profit organization focused on building and supporting innovative programs...
From Wall Street to The Stylish Bride: An Inspired New Path
I grew up as an only child in the Princeton area of New Jersey. My dad worked in finance, and my mom for the most part stayed home and then went back to work after I was in 5th grade. At that point in...
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