Jeannie Graziano:  

LIFETIME AND PEOPLE I WILL NEVER FORGET. SO SCHOOL WAS NOT REALLY ALL THAT BAD JUST CLASSES. Workplace I HATE TO BE TOLD I CAN NOT DO SOMETHING. MY SUCESS WAS DO TO PROVING PEOPLE WRONG. FIRST HIRED AS A FLOOR CLERK AND BECAUSE OF MY LOOKS THE BIG BOSS DID NOT THINK I COULD HANDLE IT, SO I WAS PUT IN THE BACK OFFICE. LEARNED EVERYTHING I COULD AND CHANGED JOBS UNTIL I GOT THERE. ASKED QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME AND NEVER STOPPED LEARNING. BACK OFFICE CLERK, ORDER ENTRY CLERK, PHONE CLERK AND THEN WENT UPSTAIRS TO THE TRADING DESK.GOT REGISTERED THEN WORKED AS A HOUSE BROKER. I DID NOT LIKE COLD CALLING. THE LAST FIRM I WAS AT FOR 13 YRS. IN THAT TIME PERIOD I DID WHAT WAS SAID COULD NOT BE DONE. I STARTING AS AN ORDER CLERK ON A TRADING DESK. WHEN I LEFT I WAS AN ASSOCIATE DIR. OF THAT TRADING DESK. I TRADED FOR SOME OF THE LARGEST HEDGE FUNDS AND INV ADVISORS ON THE STREET. I PROVED THAT A GIRL FROM BROOKLYN WITHOUT A COLLEGE EDUCATION OR RELATIVES IN HIGH POSITIONS COULD DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. THAT HARD WORK, BRAINS AND HONESTY DO PAY OFF.