INSPIRATIONS:
Following the Inspirational Journey of Lexington Leader Ozlem Eva Davis
by Peter Chawaga | photo by Mike Cyrus photo location Norwalk Furniture & Design Lexington accounting and consulting firm Peer House has served numerous clients across the country since its founding in 2016. As these clients have benefited from the firm’s bookkeeping, CFO oversight, benchmarking and forensic accounting services, many of them may not have been aware of the unique and inspiring journey that brought Peer House founder Ozlem Eva Davis to Lexington. Davis's journey to the U.S. is not just the inspiration behind her community and business leadership, it’s a reminder for many of us that the paths to our destinations are not always straight, that belief in tomorrow can get us through any day and that home is, ultimately, wherever you make it.
“Stories Of Survival” Davis was born in Hannover, Germany to a blue-collar family. Both of her parents worked two jobs each in janitorial services, mainly at the local hospital. She grew up with two older brothers from her parents’ marriage, as well as two stepbrothers from her father’s previous marriages. Davis's father was born in Xanthi, Greece, a city with hundreds of years of rich history that is rivaled only by the hometown of her mother: Istanbul, Turkey. Davis's own personal history is influenced greatly by the challenges forced upon, and eventually overcome by, her parents. “My dad was taken out of first grade, given a shoe-shining box and shown a corner so that he could start providing for his family,” Davis explained. “The same goes for my mom, she was
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