Small Business Today Magazine SEP 2014 ELP ENTERPRISES | Page 9

Martha and ELP Enterprises have many loyal clients who are
friends as well. She is seen here with client/friend Sherree Speck
of Speck Insurance. Sherree is also Martha’s insurance agent!
Photo by Gwen Juarez Photography

chaperones accompanied her everywhere she went. Even
though her father was a firm believer in his children assimilating
into “Americans”, he still wanted to retain some of their Latin
cultural customs. Unfortunately for him, once Martha had been
exposed to a less regimented lifestyle free of chaperones, she had
no desire to go back to the “old” ways. So, at the young age of
17, Martha decided that it was time to be on her own and with
that she moved out.
Knowing she had to work to support herself, Martha got a
job at Gerland’s Grocery Store yet she still managed to attend
classes at K