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Black American Teen Mom And College Dropout Becomes Tax Company Controller by Nobody: 11:52pm On Jul 04, 2014
This woman's story is incredible. Little wonder it got 1 million + likes within 24 hours of being posted on Facebook. Just had to share it!


"I had a child when I was sixteen. I got kicked out of high school because of all the absences. My family and community pretty much wrote me off. But right away I got a job at a sporting goods store. Soon I was able to get a job as a receptionist at a tax company, and they gave me enough responsibilities that I learned how to do taxes. Eventually I learned enough to become an associate. Then I got offered a job at a smaller company, and even though it was a pay cut, they offered me responsibility over all the books-- accounts payable, accounts receivable, everything. It was less money but I wanted that experience so I took the risk. And I'm so glad I did, because six months later, the controller of that company left and I was given that position. They told me they couldn't officially call me the controller because I didn't have a college degree. So I finished my degree 5 months ago-- just to make it official! So after having a child at sixteen, I made it all the way to controller of a company, without even having a college degree. Can you believe that? Honestly, I've been waiting to tell that story so long that I told it to a customer service representative on the phone last week. She was nice about it and pretended to care."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/02/teen-mom-humans-of-new-york_n_5552398.html

Re: Black American Teen Mom And College Dropout Becomes Tax Company Controller by mayorde(m): 2:02am On Jul 05, 2014
Impressive

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