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Tessa Wiggins, agency owner of the Mobile franchise for Goosehead Insurance, is Mobile Bay Real Producers’ Spotlight vendor for August.

Wiggins was born and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, attended private school and excelled academically.

“ I participated in a math club called Mu Alpha Theta, in honor society, and was involved on our Catholic diocesan youth board, where we planned all the youth events. I also skipped first grade and was younger than anyone else in my class all through school.” Tessa said.

Wiggins also made a name for herself athletically.

“I was a cheerleader in junior high but didn’t make the cut going into high school, so decided to twirl the baton instead.” Wiggins said.

“I ended up really doing well. I was Miss Majorette of Louisiana a couple of years in a row, and at the University of Notre Dame I competed in a world competition. There were three different divisions of twirling, and in one I placed third in world for my age group.” she continued.

Not slowing down, Wiggins decided to graduate early from high school and embarked on her journey quickly as a young adult.

“I left half a year early, during my senior year, through an early admissions program and soon after moved to Austin, Texas. I lived there about eight years, finishing college at Concordia University with a degree in business and then worked in marketing.”

After nearly a decade away, Tessa returned to Louisiana.

“An opportunity in the oil and gas industry for a company in Mandeville was available when coming back home. I have always been a math and science kid and it was an opportunity with a chemical injection pump manufacturer, a very interesting sales job.” Wiggins said.