By Alison Stanton Many moms and grandmas will gather with their families on Sunday, May 10, to celebrate Mother’s Day. As far as Dixie Lidia, Stefanie Tavares and Brittney Hay are concerned, every day is Mother’s Day. Lidia, her daughter, Tavares, and granddaughter, Hay, all work at Pioneer Title Agency in Mesa, marking three generations of employees. They wouldn’t have it any other way. Lidia, a senior escrow officer, was
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the first of the trio to start working at Pioneer Title Agency. A short time later, Tavares came on board as branch manager and senior escrow officer. “I told Stefanie, ‘Why don’t you manage and I’ll work with you and support you?’” Lidia said. Tavares agreed to the idea. “I told her, ‘OK then, with your backing I’ll do it.’ I knew I could conquer anything with her help,” Tavares said. About three years ago, Hay joined
her mom and grandma at Pioneer Title Agency; she works as an assistant escrow officer. “I had kind of bounced along at different jobs because I had a lot of interests, and then my mom called and said she knew I was doing my own thing and was happy, but she asked me to come on board,” Hay said. “I’m so glad that I did. I’ve never been at a job this long, and I love the people I work for, and the three of us
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love being together every day, and we work together really well.” Their clients have peace of mind knowing that they’re working with three hard-working women, Hay said. “It helps them feel really secure; for example, in other places if someone goes on vacation their files will be shuffled around. But here, most people know us, and they know they will be taken care of,” Hay said. ...continues on page 18
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Three generations of women appreciate working together