SARA HAWKS HOUSTON, STATE FARM AGENCY State Farm Agent Caters to Families, Small Businesses & the Community She Loves Story by Fred Mays, Contributing Writer Images supplied by Sara Houston
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ara Hawks Houston was born to sell insurance. The native Space Coast resident followed in the footsteps of her father, a State Farm agent for many years, opening her own State Farm agency on Viera Boulevard in April of 2017 after a successful career as a pharmaceutical rep. A graduate from the University of Central Florida, Sara serves as a mentor to professional sales programs at UCF in Orlando and at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
Career Goals Her insurance marketing strategy focuses: My career goals mostly consist on providing education and options to local providing education ad options to local families to help protect them from what can go wrong and plan for what can go right. She also assists small business owners in the community with insurance needs. “My goal was always to be an agent”, she says. “My dad said State Farm gave him a great platform to give back to the community.” 40 40
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Giving back is a big part of what Sara is all about. Her office sponsors local nonprofit organizations such as Junior Achievement, Habitat for Humanity and New Life Mission, which helps homeless mothers with children learn skills for employment and self-sustainability. If the moms don’t have a degree, the Mission high school diploma, the Mission helps them obtain a GED. Further, the Mission assists the women in pursuing post-secondary education and professional certifications such as medical assistant, medical billing, bookkeeping and others, she said.
Community Connections Sara believes in the power of connection and fosters this by mentoring students in the Business Academy program at Viera High School. Each summer, one of these students is chosen for a paid internship at Sara’s office. Her school involvement won her the Brevard