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Debbie BatiaOWNER
Inspired by her parents, both interior designers, Debbie Batia entered the family business after her
father’s sudden death in 1975. She had been working in a bank but found she loved the business she grew
up in and never looked back.
“Each new client or project is a challenge I love to take on,” she says. “I try to design each project with
planning for that particular client’s needs, budget and vision. I never do the same design or furniture
choices twice.”
The smiles and happiness she gets to be a part of make her job more like an adventure every
day, not like work.
She says her two grown children and four beautiful grandchildren are her greatest personal
successes. In business, her greatest success is the resilience she showed through recovery from
Katrina. “Starting the business over on my own, staying in business through the worst of
times over the last 21 years, working through my own personal tragedies and triumphantly
still working and owning my own successful business gives me great satisfaction to show the
world that I stood on my own two feet and got through bad times,” she added.
A favorite thing to do is dining at Mary Mahoney’s restaurant where her family has been
going since she was a little girl in the 1960s.
D. BATIA INTERIORS LLC
175 Main St., Ste. A, Biloxi | 228.385.2657 | www.dbatiainteriors.com
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OWNER
Anne Giovingo
After her position was eliminated at her previous employment, Anne
Giovingo became the owner of Mobility Plus Gulfport. “I ran a
company owned by someone else for 34 years. When this company
sold, I wanted to go into business for myself. I wanted something
rewarding where people leave my store with a better quality of life,”
she says.
Watching her clients and their caretaker(s) leave with a better quality
of life than when they came in is her reward.
“My client base is incredible!” she says. “It’s an honor to see how
people work around their mobility challenges and the strength they
carry with them to live fulfilling lives.”
MOBILITY PLUS
665 E. Pass Rd., Unit D, Gulfport
228.250.4477 | MobilityPlus.com/Gulfport-MS
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