I dressed up as Cinderella and Britney Spears for kids' parties to get me through school and St. John's.

I was studying to be a lawyer.

Also working as a paralegal at the Queens District Attorney's Office, putting away some really bad people, which that work was super rewarding.

I loved everything I did.

It just...

It takes a toll.

Where else did you where else were you?

Well, I was born and raised a workaholic starting at age 11.

So I did it all.

I started working first with my aunt's travel agency, taking people from the UK that wanted to visit the United States.

So that's how I learned like the events side of what we do at IAOTP.

But really, I was bartending.

I dressed up as Cinderella and Britney Spears for kids' parties to get me through school and St. John's.

How bad is the business environment in the city?