STAR
From Welfare to
Booming Business
Owner
There are trials in life that break us and still others
that seem to inspire us to change and grow. Jeanna
Parker never imagined that she would end up
pregnant, uneducated and on public assistance,
however she dug in her heels, earned her associates,
bachelors and master’s degrees in nursing and
eventually founded a thriving business in the heart
of Downtown Lakeland. Read as Jeanna tells the
story, in her own words, of a determined woman’s
battle to rise above circumstances to reach her
goals of success.
