Trudy Jacobson presents: Amber Hall, The Beauty Halls

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Amber is the complete embodiment of what a true entrepreneur is; dedicated, motivated, ambitious. At just the tender age of 26, she owns and runs her own retail make-up and beauty business.
But it wasn’t a simple, and certainly not an easy path- especially considering she is a single mother.
As a woman with a love for beauty and a healthy appearance, Amber enrolled into Dermatology school to take up a specialty with injectables. But she was quickly thrown a considerable curve ball.
“When I was in school, they changed it where you had to be an RNP (registered nurse practitioner) which added two more years. As a new mother, I had some mom guilt, so I decided to drop out of nursing school,” Amber said.
She still pursued her passion and found a way to start her business and learn to master her craft. Much of what she learned was self-taught by way of Googling and how-to YouTube videos.
What’s even more impressive, she built her business from the ground up, with virtually no resources.
“I had absolutely no money when I started. I was waiting tables and as I made money, one night I’d pay bills and whatever I had left over, I’d go buy more supplies to run my business,” Amber said.
But the best of Amber’s business comes when she is able to help clients who are undergoing significant personal struggles, especially health related.
“When I have people that come in that have thyroid issues or cancer, a high drop of estrogen makes them lose their hair. They come to me and they’re like ‘I have nothing, I don’t feel like walking out of the house until I have a full face of make-up on.’” She continued, “I come in and do a procedure that takes about two hours and makes them happy, makes their lives easier.”
Amber does have people question her experience due to her age, but for those clients she does work for, they couldn’t be happier.
She accomplished a lot by following some golden rules.
“Just remember that life does not owe you anything, you get what you put out,” Amber said.
She credits most of her success from meditation and manifesting. Manifesting is knowing what you want in life, setting goals, and repeatedly thinking about strategies to help you achieve your goals.
“Once I really knocked down and read some books and figured out this whole place is of energy and if you’re not putting in the work, you’re not showing up, and you’re not waking up every day on a mission, life isn’t going to give it back to you,” she said.
Amber is a truly inspiring success story.
For more about Amber and her business, visit www.thebeautyhallsrq.com

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Trudy Jacobson presents: Carla Miller, Patriot Consulting Inc.

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Carla came from a law enforcement family. Her father was a law enforcement officer but was unfortunately killed in the line of duty. Her mother, too, served as an officer and rose the ranks to become the Chief of police in her department.
Her parents inspired her to follow in their footsteps. Her decision to pursue a career in law enforcement was confirmed after she went on her first police ride-along when she was 16 years old.
After Carla graduated from Florida State University, she went on to start a very distinguished career in law enforcement. She worked hard, always wanted to learn and found ways to continually improve herself throughout her career.
Her department also recognized her staunch commitment to police work and eventually appointed her as a training officer where she could further expand her skillset.
She not only helps the next generation of officers learn the trade, but she goes out to the community to help civilians as well.
“We go to schools and even churches, and we’ll do training on teaching them how to do pre-attack indicators. So that’s my goal is to kind of ‘push’ that training,” Carla said.
Even with Carla’s level of training and experience, she hit her most difficult challenge in 2018. It involved the tragic Parkland shooting that took the lives of 17 people, mostly students.
Carla was among the police response and trained some of the police officer’s that were on scene. Her role as a training officer surely helped that tragic shooting from becoming much worse.
Some of her challenges came in the days following the shooting incident. Carla served as the Public Information Officer (PIO) and was responsible for communicating critical information to the press and public.
“Anyone who has ever dealt with national media with something like that can understand where I’m coming from. It was overwhelming. It turned into a little bit of a circus,” she said.
Most of her challenges as the PIO came from a lack of media integrity. As she tried to get important information out, the media would publish inaccurate information and took things out of context.
“Seeing things put out in the media that was not the truth, even media personnel who were telling me they were going to put something out even if I told them it was not accurate was very stressful,” Carla said.
But Carla’s strength and confidence got her through the media ordeal. And that’s the message she wants to tell women everywhere.
“Confidence is key. Just know what you’re doing, project yourself in a confident manner, and I think you’ll be successful.”
To learn more about Carla and her training programs, visit Patriot Consulting, Inc.

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Trudy is an entrepreneur and leader. Her path to success and entrepreneurialism started in the trucking industry decades ago. She encountered numerous obstacles in the male-dominated industry- like discrimination. She was even conned out of a lot of money in a fraudulent scheme. Despite all that, Trudy always fought hard and pushed forward. Once she realized she was capable of anything, she went on to start her own company and excelled. Now she empowers other women to do the same and to learn from her experience. Trudy now highlights their stories for the world to see in the Great American Women Series. Trudy wants women everywhere to know they can achieve their goals.

Trudy Jacobson presents: Katalin Fodor, Professional Photographer

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Katalin, or ‘Kat’ as most people call her, knew from a very early age that she loved photography. As a ten-year-old girl, Kat emptied her piggy bank and mustered up $100 of which every penny of it went towards purchasing disposable cameras for her school trip to Disney. By the time the trip was done, she expended every last camera.
That trip solidified her passion for photography and she knew what she wanted to do for the rest of her life.
Since her discovery, she has narrowed down her focus to capture raw, unfiltered emotion. Much of which can be found between the love of two people.
“I think it’s really cool to capture all their love and how they’re feeling. It’s more of their candid shots- not like those pose, traditional prom [type] pictures,” Kat said.
She knew that photography was a mainstay in her life but faced the challenge of how to make a living at it. After she started an official photography business, she learned how difficult it was running a business and struggled with marketing and getting her name out there.
Kat took on a side gig as an Uber driver to stay afloat financially while she was trying to build her photography business. Eventually, she succeeded. Now she offers advice to other entrepreneurs about the challenges of growing a business.
“It takes a while to get the ball rolling but with persistence, it pays off. Just keep doing what you love, and the money will come,” Kat said.
Kat freely admits that being an entrepreneur has its downside. She recalls moments of frustration having to deal with clients and untimely phone calls during personal time.
But entrepreneurship is in her blood. She made peace with that part of the business because that’s what entrepreneurs do- they adapt, overcome and achieve great things.
And that’s exactly the message she wants to share with women everywhere.
“I wake up every day excited because I show up for myself and I like that I can do everything at my own pace,” Kat said.

For more about Katalin ‘Kat’ Fodor and to check out her stunning photographs, check out her Instagram page @fodorfotos

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