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Age: 38
Title: Insurance Agent, Real
Estate Agent
Organization: American Family
Insurance and YUB Realty
Sandra Paola Reyes was born
and raised in Mexico City,
an only child whose parents
divorced when she was 13.
She lived with her father for
a couple of years in Monte
-
rrey Mexico, and at age 15 her
mother brought her to the
United States.
She had a daughter at
age 17, dropped out of high
school, and got a job at a fac-
tory. She married in 2005 and
had a son in 2008. Then DACA
changed her life.
She started working as a
customer representative for
Magnum Insurance, and two
months later was licensed to
be a producer. She met people
who helped her change her
environment, and that inspi-
red her to grow personally and
professionally, and regain her
self-esteem. She acquired four
insurance licenses and was
promoted to office manager.
Before starting in the in-
surance industry, she had
thought of being a real estate
agent. She failed the exam on
her first try, but kept thinking
about that career. She enrolled
in class again and passed the
test.
Then American Family In-
surance came into her life at
the right moment. American
Family Insurance opened the
door for her to become an
agency owner, an entrepre-
neur, and ultimately another
of her biggest desires: a wo-
man in business.
Today she works in both
insurance and real estate,
thankful to God, her mother,
and the universe for where she
is, what she has become, and
what she will continue to do.
Sandra Paola
Reyes
Mastering
two careers
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"Y
ou are never as stuck
as you think you are.
Success is not final, and failure
isn't fatal. In fact it is better to
fail as a result of trying than not
to try at all."
