her siblings were raised, in a “hard knocks life.”
Her sisters had a huge impact on her; she learned
a lot from them and matured quickly tagging along
with them. She describes her sisters as amazing,
in no small part as they helped her get into Clubs
early with a fake ID. She said, “I was able to get all
the wild hairs out of my system.” She describes her
younger brother as her big little brother. He must
have also had a positive impact on Jennifer as all
she ever wanted when it came to kids of her own
was to have two boys.
In 1998, she went to Miami for a weekend and
fell in love with it. Her mom still lives in Tennessee,
which is not too far from the “Northern Cuba” she
calls home some 18 years later. The two boys
she always wanted are native Floridians, Jaden
age 14 and Dylan age 12. Jennifer says with her
sons there is constant activity around their home. I
asked her if her boys still love to hang out with her,
and she proudly exclaimed, “Absolutely.” Jennifer
has this great sultry, excited voice that just makes
you smile when she’s excited about something,
and when she is talking about her boys you can
hear and feel her passion. Even though she loves
the luxury lifestyle, Jennifer loves having boys.
She loves to get dirty and play basketball with
them. She and her boys perform community work
by re-introducing native plants in a local South
Miami park preserve on the weekends. What she
seems to like best about having boys is that it
makes her the queen of the house. If I made her
queen, it would be the Queen of Hearts. She is so
endearing, called me sweetheart, laughed at my
jokes, and made me blush with compliments.
I asked her what trait of hers do Jaden and
Dylan most admire. Her response, “I don’t take
anyone’s BS.” She’s had a “kick ass” attitude
from an early age, not taking anything. She
says it is about self-respect and self-love;
that women get too caught up in a popularity
game. She thinks people are drawn to her
because they like what she has to say, and
maybe she ventures, “There is a success trait
in my personality.” In her industry, one cannot
be thin-skinned and has to train hard, always
be on, and own an extreme work ethic. People
have told her she selected an easy career,
she disagrees, she says it selected her since
she already had an incredible work ethic and
a kick ass attitude from her early childhood.
Jennifer believes her sons look up to her
because of her self-respect and self-love that
does not allow anyone to run over her life.
We talked about her sons’ physical fitness
and the quality of programs at their school.
She is very happy with their programs, that
they have more sports opportunities than
which they could participate. One of the
great things about living in the Miami area is
you can always go outside. Her sons played
soccer, football, and achieved brown belts
in karate. She encourages them to run every
other day, and if it’s raining their workout
moves indoors. The whole family is athletic
and the boys have never liked sweets or junk
food. Kids learn what they live.
I asked her if she thought she was a
natural entrepreneur, or would she contribute
her amazing success to her education or
work experience. She thinks some people are
born with certain traits or characteristics, “I
don’t crumble under pressure, some people >>>
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