Roxanne Brown
Staff Writer at Lake & Sumter Style
Longtime #newspaper #reporter @dailycommercial. Beat: South Lake County & Golden Triangle cities in north Lake County. Email: [email protected]
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lakeandsumterstyle.com | Roxanne Brown
Jessica always knew she wanted a career in the medical field, but the path to where she is today—working in radiation oncology at the Robert Boissoneault Oncology Institute (RBOI)—was anything but straightforward. “I actually flunked out of nursing school when I was 19,” Jessica admits. “I didn’t prioritize my studies; I thought my chance was gone.”Instead, she became a medical assistant, working in ophthalmology, dermatology and primary care.
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lakeandsumterstyle.com | Roxanne Brown
Nishka has been a nurse for 14 years, but her passion for caring for others started much earlier. As a child, she visited her great-great-grandmother in an assisted living facility, walking the halls and chatting with residents. “I don’t know why, but that just kind of stuck with me, and I knew I wanted to go into nursing,” she recalls.
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lakeandsumterstyle.com | Roxanne Brown
Kathy has always loved caring for others. That passion led her to pursue a career in nursing when her youngest child started kindergarten. Enrolling at Lake-Sumter State College, she was drawn to cardiology thanks to an inspiring cardiac nursing instructor. Her career in cardiac care took off in 2008 when she began working at UF Health Leesburg—then Leesburg Regional—as a patient care technician on the cardiac floor.
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lakeandsumterstyle.com | Roxanne Brown
Before Lakeridge: I worked in public accounting as an auditor in Omaha, Nebraska for three years following college before coming on board with the winery in April 2022. Community boards/committees I sit on: Vice Chair of the Viticulture Advisory Committee (VAC – State of Florida), VP of the Florida Wine and Grape Growers Association (FWGGA), board member of Lake County Tourist Development Council (TDC).
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lakeandsumterstyle.com | Roxanne Brown
Four longtime friends and entrepreneurs turned their shared vision into reality with Cantina’s Mexican Kitchen, a vibrant and popular Clermont restaurant. Ivan Mauricio and Nora Mendez, owners of Stone Experts in Tavares, and Jaime Solis and Lucia Alvarado, owners of Solal Painting in DeLand, first entertained the idea when a casual conversation after a soccer game between Ivan and Jaime led to the realization that they both had dreamed of opening a restaurant.
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