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COVERSTORY

Angelica Garcia-Dunn -

AIM Global Logistics Built on a Leap of
Faith and a Butterfly Wing and a Prayer

W

hen Angelica Garcia-Dunn was a young girl, her
Pastor told her, “Pick something in nature that you
love and then every time that you see it, it is the
Lord’s way of telling you that he loves you.” Angelica always loved yellow butterflies so she picked them.
Since that time, whenever she sees them, she considers
them as a sign from heaven. Butterflies to her are also
about transformation, transition, and resurrection. So in
2009, as a divorcée raising two children without any additional means of support, Angelica took a leap of faith after
seeing a yellow butterfly and started AIM Global Logistics
with a $500 credit card, a meager savings, and built her
dynamic company on a wing and a prayer.

Photo by Gwen Juarez Photography.

Growing up in Corpus Christi, Texas as the oldest of
four children to first generation, U.S. born parents, Angelica
learned at an early age about the spirit of entrepreneurship
through the example of her parents, grandfather, and uncle
who all had various business endeavors. Angelica’s parents
worked very hard to care for their four children. Angelica’s
father, Aristeo “Cookie” Garcia, was a service advisor at an
auto dealership and her mother, Elsa Garcia Davila, was a
stay-at-home-mom. When Angelica was just five years old,
she would help her father sell watermelons and also fireworks in his stand! To help make ends meet, her mother
would make and sell tamales and tacos. By the time Angelica was nine years old, she would help her mother by selling
the tamales and tacos to her school’s principal, teachers,
and other staff. The tamales were only sold during Christmas but the tacos were sold year round.

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At the age of eleven, Angelica began helping her grandfather with his painting business by painting houses on the
weekends and in the summer. Even though she was only
paid $20 to $40 for the entire weekend, she always had
lots of fun helping. By the time Angelica was 14, she was
working as a waitress to help out her family. In spite of her
working after school, Angelica still managed to be a straight
“A” student and a member of the National Honor Society.
In addition, she was President of her Class, President of
the Art Club, President of the Spanish Club, and she was