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Liz Corso Joachim
What I like best about what I do is:
Being able to furnish customers with all kinds of sweets, drinks, health and beauty products, tobacco products and enable them to satisfy their customers, for 100 years, since 1924.
Advice I would give to young female entrepreneurs:
Don’t be afraid to start your own business or carry on a family business, but use your smarts and help others enjoy the fruits of this earth.
CORSO, INC.
221 Caillavet St., Biloxi
228.436.4697 Ext. 7 www.fpcorso.com
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Tara Wallace
Broker/Owner
A social worker by education, Tara Wallace loves connecting
her real estate clients and visiting friends to local happenings and resources here on the coast. “Many of the clients I work with are new to the community and are in awe of everything Coastal Mississippi has to offer,” she says.
She is a big fan of challenges
and finds that most hurdles in life make her stronger, wiser, and more prepared.
She and her husband purchased a small candle company earlier this year from one of her past clients turned friend. Details can be found at www.pedalcandleco.com.
PEDAL REALTY LLC
228.256.2693 | www.pedalrealty.com Facebook @TaraWallacePedalRealtyLLC
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Lauren D’Aquin Field
Lauren D’Aquin Field graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in fashion merchandising. She also studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She’s owned boutiques in the past, and now owns Cotton Exchange in St. Francisville, Louisiana.
This year, Field opened a new location in Bay St. Louis, keeping the flagship store in Louisiana. “I grew up coming to our family place in Pass Christian and it was a natural fit for me to expand my business on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” she explains.
COTTON EXCHANGE
BAY ST. LOUIS
113 N. 2nd St., Bay St. Louis
225.978.9502 www.cottonexchangestfrancisville.com
@Cotton Exchange Bay St. Louis
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Andrea Jenkins
Owner
As a little girl, Andrea Jenkins was surrounded by fashion. Her mother was a seamstress and fashion designer, and Jenkins was inspired to pursue a career in the industry. This led her to study Fashion Merchandising in college, followed by years of retail management. “When the time was right, I was able to take my experience and create a unique business of my own,” she says.
Now, The Threaded Cork has been open for almost seven years. Her favorite part of the job? Helping people! “I love being a part of their experience while they shop!”
THE THREADED CORK
136 Rue Magnolia, Biloxi 228.967.7424 | www.thethreadedcork.com Facebook @The Threaded Cork
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