Welfare to Millionaire: The Sarian Bouma Story is the incredible true story of Sarian Bouma, the Sierra Leone, West African, immigrant who went from finding herself in a homeless shelter as a welfare mother to a self-made millionaire! Born into poverty, Sarian made her way to the "promised land," America, with $1,500, to wind up divorced, down and out on welfare, and having to feed her baby water because she didn't have enough food stamps to buy milk.

Less than two decades later, this remarkable woman is a self-made entrepreneur, owner of a multimillion dollar corporation, and happily married mother of six. She has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, honored with Whoopi Goldberg, respected by Senator Bob Dole, President Bill Clinton, Maryland Governor Parris Glendening,Cabinet Secretary of Commerce, The Honorable Donald Evans, and SBA Administrator Aida Alvarez, among others.

In Welfare to Millionaire: The Sarian Bouma Story, Sarian shares her journey, recounting her challenges and obstacles, failures and successes, disasters and triumphs. She talks about new goals and dreams with humor, warmth, and honesty.

Please also see Dan Merrick's Welfare to Millionaire story at www.InstructionsToMoney.net.

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