And so, you know, not allowing yourself to be afraid in some sense, you know, not letting yourself, you know, let fear dictate to you that, you know, I can't do that or I really need to stay here where it's safe.

I would, you know, strongly suggest people just, just measure that. Think about it.

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As soon as I heard about Scott Marcello, I knew that we had to have a conversation on this podcast

and hopefully many more after. Scott, your work with nonprofit, African mission health care is

amazing. I'm really excited to dive into that. I had

mentioned via email that I have work that I do in Ghana, helping kids who wouldn't have a chance

to have an education, who don't have a safe place to live, and then providing, you know,

fundraising opportunities for organic farming for our partner there. So I'm

very aligned with you on so many things. And this is, this world is all about seeing what we can do

to improve the lives of others, isn't it? I totally agree, Onica. Yes. So I'm excited for the

conversation as well and excited. Maybe you can tell me a little bit more about your work in Ghana at some point. I'd love beer about it. Definitely. Well, I want to take a step backwards. You have an undergrad and a master's in accounting. You worked in corporate for a very long time. Did you know that you always wanted to be in corporate versus an

entrepreneurship pass? You know, I didn't. You know, when I went to university, I was the first

person to ever go to college in my family. And I was looking for a way to get a job, to be

quite frank. And so I ended up at a university which I loved dearly Stetson,

a small school in Delant in Florida. And accounting was the number one program that they offered.

And so I said, you know what, I'm going to be an accounting major. And it was no more sophisticated

than that at the time. And so when I graduated, it was the normal course. At that time,

it was the big eight to go into a big firm, you know, get some experience. I actually believed I was going to go on and become a lawyer. I wanted to go and study corporate law. And then I decided, you know, after I started doing what I was doing in public accounting, I actually enjoyed it a lot. In some ways, it was the best of all worlds for me,

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