This Self-Made Millionaire Who Lived in a Trailer Park Before Starting a Business at 19 Reveals Her ‘Superpower’ — and 1 Quality That Sets Successful People Apart

Business growth expert and investor Candy Valentino was born to teenage parents in small-town Pennsylvania. Her family lived in a trailer park and relied on welfare and government assistance for much of Valentino’s life, and when her father lost his job as a mechanic, he had just $200 to his name. When Valentino was five years old, her father negotiated a deal to start his own small business in a basement garage.

Image Credit: Courtesy of Candy Valentino

“From [that] time until I was 16, I got dropped off at that little auto mechanic shop every day while my dad fixed cars and welded metal and did all of the things

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