
 
        
         
		2022 
 COURIER L 42     IFE, MARCH 11-17, 2022 
 OF BROOKLYN 
 ANNA SWIDERSKA NICHOLE   
 THOMPSON-ADAMS 
 OWNER 
 GRACE SPA 
 LICENSED REAL ESTATE  
 SALESPERSON 
 What is your best moment in business? COMPASS 
  
 and they end up coming in again with trust. 
 What is your secret to success? 
 To work with the passion and the love I have  
 for what I do.  
 Who inspires you? 
          
 me  to  always  work  hard  and  never  give  up  
  
 What has been your best moment in business? 
  
 the record for the highest home sale on South  
  
 mother and her family make a new start. Two  
 years  after  my  husband’s  death,  the  largest  
 catastrophe of my life, I was still standing and  
 able to provide for my children. 
 What is your secret to success? 
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 tion in the work.” 
 Who inspires you? 
  
 the Linage of my ancestors, and continuing to  
  
 Adams and I have built for our children. 
 MIGDALIA VELEZ-MIELES 
 ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT  
 RETAIL RELATIONSHIP MANAGER 
 KEARNY BANK 
 What has been your best moment in business? 
       
 grow their small businesses.  
 What is your secret to success? 
  
 an  education  and  starting  a  career  in  banking. 
 Who inspires you? 
 Oprah  Winfrey  for  her  bravery,  success,  and  
 overcoming  her  challenges  and  obstacles  in  
 her early life. 
 ELLEN VITELLAS LATRICE M.   
 WALKER, ESQ. 
 VICE PRESIDENT, BRANCH  
 COORDINATOR 
 EMPIRE STATE BANK 
 ASSEMBLYWOMAN   
  NEW YORK STATE’S   
 55TH DISTRICT 
 What has been your best moment in business? 
 When my team and I were able to help small  
 businesses during the pandemic. 
 What is your secret to success? 
 I have a positive mindset and share my knowledge  
 with  my  team  to  foster  trust,  while  empowering  
 them to achieve their greatest.  
 Who inspires you? 
          
 where women weren’t necessarily viewed as  
 strong,  powerful,  and  independent,  I  would  
 look at my mom and see her defy those stig- 
         
 two beautiful children who encourage me to  
 believe in myself and always remind me that  
 there is nothing I cannot handle. 
 What has been your best moment in business? 
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 then law school. On Jan. 1, 2015, she stood with  
 her mother and daughter, carrying the dreams  
 of her community to Albany to be sworn in as as- 
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 nacle of her career in service. That little girl is me. 
 What is your secret to success? 
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 cess is when preparation meets opportunity.” 
 Who inspires you? 
 Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the most important  
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 en, shot at and arrested during the course of  
 her lifetime of activism.