She is Successful
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Business Owner by Elizabeth Denham Carolyn Thurston is a self-described dreamer. From a young age, she had a strong faith, a relentless desire to help people and the gumption to find a way to succeed. That gumption led her to her position as Founder and CEO of Wisdom Senior Care, an emerging franchise, and President and CEO of Wisdom Health Academy, a state-approved nursing school in Durham, North Carolina. “In 11th grade, God gave me the idea and a name – ‘Wisdom,’ ” Thurston said. “I told my mother, and she said, ‘Girl, you can do it!’” After going to school for sociology, she had a burning desire to get her nursing degree. She worked in a hospital for a time and then went to work in home health care always knowing she wanted to start her own business. In 2005, she had a dream, but she didn’t know what to do with it and had no money to start. She decided to go for it. By 2006, Wisdom Senior Care came into being and Thurston learned as she went.
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