For many people, the global lockdowns of 2020 were a setback. For Mary, they were the turning point that transformed her career, her mindset, and her future.
Born and raised in Kenya, Mary comes from a family where education and financial independence were highly valued. Her father, an accountant and real estate investor, taught her early on the importance of saving, investing, and creating multiple sources of income. Those lessons would later become the foundation of her entrepreneurial journey.
At 19, Mary left Kenya to study and work abroad as a nurse. The experience gave her resilience but also showed her that traditional employment was not the life she wanted. After returning to entrepreneurship, she successfully ran her own barbershop – until COVID-19 forced her to close.
“I couldn’t work from home with a service business. I felt stuck,”
she recalls. But that challenge opened the door to something new: network marketing.
Introduced to the business by her sister Jane, a longtime industry leader, Mary was hesitant.
“I’m an introvert, I don’t like talking to people,”
she admits. Yet with encouragement and the urgency of needing a new income source she gave it a try.
What followed was a period of growth and discovery. She