Welfare to Millionaire
Heart of a Winner
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Book Details
Language :
English
Publication Date :
19/09/2005
Format :
Softcover
Dimensions :
6x9
Page Count :
258
ISBN :
9781599261461
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E-Book
Dimensions :
6x9
Page Count :
258
ISBN :
9781465319821
About the Book
with a foreword by Senator Robert Dole and Gov. Parris Glendening (Maryland, 1995-2003)
“HOW DOES A HOMELESS WOMAN BECOME THE CEO OF HER OWN $3 MILLION COMPANY…?
[M]y son and I ended up in a homeless shelter….I realized I had to take responsibility for myself and let go of the past….I decided I would start my own company….I filled out a small-business loan application and wrote that I hoped to someday include the office of the president of the United States on my list of clients. Four years later, I got the contract for the New Executive Office Building, where the president’s staff works.”—O, The Oprah Magazine, Inside the Mind of a Winner, September 2000
Welfare to Millionaire: The Sarian Bouma Story is the incredible true story of Sarian Bouma, the Sierra Leone, West African, immigrant who went from finding herself in a homeless shelter as a welfare mother to a self-made millionaire! Born into poverty, Sarian made her way to the "promised land," America, with $1,500, to wind up divorced, down and out on welfare, and having to feed her baby water because she didn't have enough food stamps to buy milk.
Less than two decades later, this remarkable woman is a self-made entrepreneur, owner of a multimillion dollar corporation, and happily married mother of six. She has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, honored with Whoopi Goldberg, respected by Senator Bob Dole, President Bill Clinton, Maryland Governor Parris Glendening,Cabinet Secretary of Commerce, The Honorable Donald Evans, and SBA Administrator Aida Alvarez, among others.
In Welfare to Millionaire: The Sarian Bouma Story, Sarian shares her journey, recounting her challenges and obstacles, failures and successes, disasters and triumphs. She talks about new goals and dreams with humor, warmth, and honesty.
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About the Author
Sarian Bouma is the CEO of Capitol Hill Building Maintenance, Inc., a multimillion-dollar corporation serving government and corporate clients primarily in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area. She lives with her husband, Jon, and six children in Annapolis, Maryland.