How did you get started in your current business? I grew up surrounded by entrepreneurs who were driven and passionate about their company’s and career paths. I knew early on that I wanted to cultivate a company of my own with the same drive and passion that I was exposed to growing up. Real estate […]
TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR LIFE? I live a very busy, but balanced life. I have an amazing husband who is in the Army National Guard. He is truly devoted to me and he is such an inspiration to my kids and me. I have three beautiful children: Jacqui who is 11; Kaleb Roman, […]
HOLLY LEMOINE-RAYMOND When you meet Holly Lemoine-Raymond, you feel her vibrant personality even before she greets you. Her energetic presence is contagious, and it’s no wonder why she’s highly successful and widely known. As owner and operator of HL Raymond Properties, a boutique real estate brokerage representing buyers and sellers along the Coast, Lemoine-Raymond […]
BEFORE MY TRANSFORMATION When I turned 50, I was overweight, sad and felt horrible. I never imagined that one day I would be able to run three feet, let alone a marathon! A pastor said something once that completely explained my life: “You will change when the pain of remaining the same is too much […]
Leah Tennyson Rodgers always knew there was a reason she was so inclined to the arts, but she didn’t know how or when doors would open in a way that she could share her passion with others. When she and her husband, Bryan Rodgers, spotted a vacant church building in Pass Christian, the vision for her […]
BEFORE MY TRANSFORMATION All of my life I have struggled with food, my weight and my body image. I can remember feeling self-conscious about my body as early as third grade, and I can remember binge-eating and emotional eating habits as far back as 11 or 12 years old. I’ve cycled through diets and exercise […]
The National Organization for Rare Disease (NORD) estimates that one in every 10 Americans is diagnosed with a rare disease. Together, this adds up to nearly 30 million people, which when holding hands could circle the globe one and a half times. For Amber Olsen, owner of Nextaff Gulf Coast in Ocean Springs, the reality […]
