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hile Shelly says that her career found her, she has always had her priorities straight when it comes to pursuing life and the things that inevitably unfold when you have the proper perspective and you are firmly anchored in your own capabilities. Shelly started out as a receptionist for a CPA firm in Rochester, eagerly earning money for college. They saw her potential and sent her to IBM school where she was trained to become a System/34 operator. During her 15-year stint with that company, Shelly took the office from a manual bookkeeping system to computerized processing and reporting. “Sometimes you go down a path and, as long as you’re moving in the right direction, your career will find you,” Shelly says. “With my financial background and office skills—and having moved to several states and bought and sold several homes with my husband, Sean—I was a natural fit for the housing industry. I began doing mortgages in February 2000. We had applied for a mortgage with HSBC financial services because they were headquartered in New York, and I was familiar with them. The branch manager was from my hometown, so we got our mortgage and I got a job. I love my career and have been working hard at it for the last 17 years.” Shelly and Sean have been married for more than 33 years and have two grown children, Brian (30) and Colleen (29). After living in many locations, the family settled in Lake
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