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This week we are interviewing Molly Nesham founder of PersnickeTea Company


Get to know Molly


Molly Nesham, co-founder of the St. Peters Chess Club, has been teaching and tutoring for more than 30 years. She graduated from General Motors Institute, which is now Kettering University, with a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering in 1981 and worked as an engineer for several years, implementing robots and automation systems and training people to use them; her accomplishments include: inventing a sprue-picker robot for unloading injection molding machines, a robot that makes Nerf balls for Parker Brothers, and an automation system to make Lunchables at Oscar Mayer. In 2006, Molly and her husband opened a Mathnasium Learning Center but left the franchise in 2008 to expand the offerings and form BEST Tutoring, helping more than 200 students to understand Math. Molly has taught high school Math and Science, Logic, Geography and Chess classes, as an advocate for the “Thomas Jefferson” model of classical education for the raising up of leaders and lifelong learners


Molly started blending tea for health reasons and organized PersnickeTea to help others deal with similar issues. You can purchase her “Made in Missouri” organic and known-source tea blends at Not Jaded Boutique and Ellbee’s General Store in Wentzville, Sugar Cubed and Kickin It with Kava in St Charles, Farm Table in O’Fallon, and online atPersnickeTea.com and on our Tea Cupboard app.


Currently, Molly teaches Math and Personal Finance at Trinity Christian Academy, where she is also the Chess Coach. She is also a Substitute Teacher in the Ft Zumwalt School District. She has fun teaching Tea-ography, Number Sense, and other classes for Homeschooler Link, when she is not writing, designing software, tutoring Math, inventing something, memorizing poetry, or creating new blends of tea. Her plans include hosting more tea tastings and opening a tea processing facility here in Missouri. 

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This week we are interviewing Kimberly Ferguson owner of Emerald Expectations Accounting


Get to know Kimberly

My name is Kimberly Ferguson, and I'll be doing your accounting! My background is in Aviation and Accounting, but I started my career in customer service. For over 10 years now, I have been professionally serving the public, and I never grow tired of it! Whether you are shy, outgoing, pessimistic, or just plain happy - I want to get to know you, and learn about your needs for your small business, and for your family. It's why I’m here!


I began college as an Aeronautical Science major and received my pilot's license. But while studying for my Business Management minor, I discovered Accounting. After graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, I started working for a bookkeeping firm. I began as a Bookkeeping Assistant, and quickly worked my way up to the Chief of Operations. It was then that I realized that we needed to have a tax professional to work with who cared about our clients the way that I did.


I immediately began studying to obtain my Enrolled Agent status, and my Masters in Accountancy. Now, I work with my clients to fulfill all of their bookkeeping and accounting needs in one convenient location. 

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This week we are interviewing Kim Moos - Cotton Cuts


Get to know Kim


Kim Moos (pronounced like the hair care product and animal, but spelled like neither) is the Founder and Chief Fabric Enthusiast of Cotton Cuts, an e-commerce subscription provider of premium, precut fabric for quilters.


Kim has over 15 years of experience in the corporate world, holding roles of increasing responsibility in R&D, Business Development, Project Management, culminating as the Chief of Staff to the President and CEO at Mallinckrodt.


Cotton Cuts is Kim’s first startup venture and she looks forward to leveraging her skill set to pursue her passion. Kim has a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University and a MBA from Boston University. She is the proud mother of two boys, Lincoln and Dominic and calls St. Louis home.
 

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This week we are interviewing Tracy Ellis Co-Owner of Rick & Tracy Ellis Team


Get to know Tracy

Tracy Ellis CEO/Owner of The Rick and Tracy Ellis Team has been in real estate for over 20 years and together with her husband, they’ve listed and or sold over $300MM in real estate. Tracy was with RE/MAX for 17 years and inducted into her former company RE/MAX’s Hall of Fame. The Ellis’ were the #1 Team at RE/MAX Edge in Chesterfield when they made the move to KW Chesterfield in 2017. The Ellis’ were with KW for almost two years and were ranked the #2 team at the Chesterfield office when they moved their company to eXp Realty in 2019. 

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This week we are interviewing Laura Penney Laurie, founder of Vibrant Living With Laura


Get to know Laura


Laura is an expert Health Coach and Entrepreneur. She has coached, inspired, and motivated thousands of people while helping them transform their lives; not only physically, but financially, emotionally and spiritually. Laura is passionate about creating vibrant health, financial freedom and a life of choice for families. Laura is passionately committed to helping others live their most vibrant lives!


I am a wife -married 20 years, mom, 2 teenagers, avid fitness enthusiast and lover of food, family time and animals! 

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This week we are changing it up a bit and interviewing someone who has helped many moms get through some of the invisible walls that held them back and wants to bring some unbiased insights to help us with our mission of empowering moms in all areas of life.


Get to know Kourtney Thomas of Kourtney Thomas Performance Coaching

Kourtney Thomas is a Conquer-the-World-Coach for women who want to know what the heck they’re doing. On the daily, everyone needs the blunt (but kind) reminder that the only “right” way to do something is the way that works for YOU. With a background in performance coaching, Kourtney has a gift for understanding all kinds of people, building instant rapport, and saying what she means without being mean. She helps women cut through the fluff to the conversations that matter. There aren’t confetti cannons around here, but there’s a whole lot of grit and growth. When she’s not coaching, Kourtney enjoys bicep curls fueled by cake and riding her Harley-Davidson Softail Deluxe, outside of Saint Louis, MO, where she lives with her husband, dog, and two cats.