Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you! Plans to prosper you, to not harm you. Plans to give you hope … and a FUTURE.”

I grew up in the inner city of the East Side of St. Paul, Minnesota, in a single parent household with six children. Life became very dark at the age of 14 when my mother left us because she’s a drug addict…. unfortunately.

I remember no electricity and no hot water in the dead of winter living in Minnesota! But God is still with us in that darkness, isn’t He?

I never went to college; I had jobs waiting tables and cleaning houses. And it’s truly amazing that this opportunity with PPLSI came to me seven years ago — I earned my PPLSI Ring within six years on as-earned income; RETENTION MATTERS!

To go from scrubbing toilets and scraping plates, to earning my $150,000 Ring with PPLSI, qualifying for all-expenses paid trips and truly waking up with a purpose each day is truly surreal.

I need to thank my husband, my best friend, Nick — he believed in me before I ever had the courage to believe in myself. He is my everything, and I am so grateful that God put him in my life.

To my support team, it is vast — but I will thank Craig Hepner, Tara Paustenbach, Fred and Marcia LeVoir, Steve Schwartzer, Laura Selken and my entire Minnesota and Wisconsin family; I love you!

I want to thank my personal mentors: Steve Baker, Abby and Brian Parker and so many others as well as the Provider Law Firm and our entire Home Office staff. It truly takes a village to raise a child! Stay humble. Never forget where you came from. And pray hard because God is ALWAYS listening.

The best is yet to come!