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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

Claudienne Hibbert-Smith President, TRU Prep Academy/ TRU Real Estate Exchange Hibbert-Smith became a mom at the age of 14 and obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2001 from the University of Florida. It’s the process she credits to helping her achieve the No. 1 spot in a billion-dollar company and mentoring many others to massive success.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Of course, you have the one group who is gung-ho, but realistic. Then the 2001 recession hit the Telecom and IT sector. My Dad lost his job and all his retirement benefits when I was in college, and worked in a gas station for the next 10 years. “They understand they’re not going to get exactly what they want right now.”

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Success

In 2001 Mary Parry was homeless and living in a tent in Pennsylvania when she began befriending hikers along the roughly 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail. At the time of Jennings’ passing in September 2022, the 91-year-old had donated more than $400,000 over the course of his lifetime. to try to use the car jack to save his father.

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