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I started selling Avon when I was young to help pay for college, where I studied journalism. Life took me through different chapters - marriage, moving away, divorce, and raising three daughters on my own. I worked for the airlines in the complaint department for a while. In 2010, I faced cancer and couldn't go back to my airline job during recovery. I didn't like sitting home doing nothing, so I decided to sell Avon again. This time was different - I had a good mentor who helped me learn how to sell and build a team. It became a challenge to me, getting more people underneath me, and I've been in leadership ever since. Around 2008, I started my baking business, Susie Hermine's European Sweets. My parents were born in Austria, my grandparents in Hungary, and I still have first cousins in Europe. I've been baking Austrian and Hungarian cookies all my life - traditional recipes passed down through generations. My daughter asked me one time if I ever thought about selling them, so I started with the cottage law and began selling at events, flea markets, and parties. What started as fun has turned into something meaningful. I'm supposed to be retired, but I keep going because I love what I do. Twice or three times a year, I do fundraisers for the Safe House, where I donate Avon products like lotions and shampoos to women and children who often have nothing but the clothes on their backs. My first marriage was wonderful until it wasn't - he found somebody else and became very abusive. I felt I could relate to these women at the Safe House, so this became something I should do.