Monique Rodriguez

And she would take me, and she got to the point, she's like, girl, they not picking you. And this is not something stable. This is cute, but I need to teach you how to find something stable. Because one day you're going to grow up. I'm not going to be paying for you for the rest of your life. You're going to have to find your own job. So she encouraged me to be a nurse. Right.

And she would take me, and she got to the point, she's like, girl, they not picking you. And this is not something stable. This is cute, but I need to teach you how to find something stable. Because one day you're going to grow up. I'm not going to be paying for you for the rest of your life. You're going to have to find your own job. So she encouraged me to be a nurse. Right.

She didn't nourish the the the passion that I had to, like, pursue beauty and no fault to her. But she didn't see it. You know, she came from a a environment. She was raised of survival. So she was taught to only survive. So when you are coming from a survival mentality, you're not encouraged to dream big. And so she instilled that in me. And so even though I had, I was always a dreamer, but

She didn't nourish the the the passion that I had to, like, pursue beauty and no fault to her. But she didn't see it. You know, she came from a a environment. She was raised of survival. So she was taught to only survive. So when you are coming from a survival mentality, you're not encouraged to dream big. And so she instilled that in me. And so even though I had, I was always a dreamer, but

That's the thing. Like sometimes people around you that have good intentions and they mean well, but sometimes their advice and their wisdom, it's coming from a place of fear because they didn't see it for themselves. So why would they see it for you? Right. Right. So she didn't see that in my future. And, um, So I just put my dreams to the wayside of being in this space.

That's the thing. Like sometimes people around you that have good intentions and they mean well, but sometimes their advice and their wisdom, it's coming from a place of fear because they didn't see it for themselves. So why would they see it for you? Right. Right. So she didn't see that in my future. And, um, So I just put my dreams to the wayside of being in this space.

And once I went through the loss of my son, it just circled me back. And it was like a full circle moment. God was just redirecting me back to that childhood Monique. And I feel like Mayel has healed a lot of that childhood dream. that I had, you know, growing up. I mean, not healed, but fulfilled a lot of the childhood dream that I had growing up, right? It just made a full circle.

And once I went through the loss of my son, it just circled me back. And it was like a full circle moment. God was just redirecting me back to that childhood Monique. And I feel like Mayel has healed a lot of that childhood dream. that I had, you know, growing up. I mean, not healed, but fulfilled a lot of the childhood dream that I had growing up, right? It just made a full circle.

360, like, God's like, I'm gonna run that back.

360, like, God's like, I'm gonna run that back.

So you can know what's in front of your face.

So you can know what's in front of your face.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And I always say, too, what's another insult to God is that when you don't fulfill your dream, God has attached... so many people to your dream. And when you don't fulfill your dream, you're disappointing the people who he's assigned to your gift and your calling.

And I always say, too, what's another insult to God is that when you don't fulfill your dream, God has attached... so many people to your dream. And when you don't fulfill your dream, you're disappointing the people who he's assigned to your gift and your calling.

And you're not being obedient to him and you're insulting him because you're not being obedient to the gifts and the talents and the purpose that he has put you on this earth to accomplish. Yes.

And you're not being obedient to him and you're insulting him because you're not being obedient to the gifts and the talents and the purpose that he has put you on this earth to accomplish. Yes.

Yes. I think about like, we have over 300 employees. Mm-hmm. And some of the employees that we employ probably would have never been able to have the position that they had at Miel because of credentials. We always believe in giving people an opportunity, a chance. We put people in, sometimes we put people in positions that were probably too high for them.

Yes. I think about like, we have over 300 employees. Mm-hmm. And some of the employees that we employ probably would have never been able to have the position that they had at Miel because of credentials. We always believe in giving people an opportunity, a chance. We put people in, sometimes we put people in positions that were probably too high for them.