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With more than 20 years in SCORE, I am a highly regarded business expert, speaker, and advocate for entrepreneurs. I have an MBA and have taught business on a college level. I started a manufacturing business, a retail business, and a nonprofit business and also got a real estate license specializing in commercial real estate and investment properties. I retired at the age of 41 and became a volunteer for SCORE as a business mentor and workshop presenter. I have created networking groups both locally and nationally for SCORE as part of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative. I am a Certified SCORE Mentor. I serve on the SCORE National Women's Committee and on the SCORE National DEI Advisory Committee. I am SCORE Ambassador for DEI for the Southeast and am the SCORE District Director for Alabama.