Alternative Education Saved Me | Karla Soto Mullins | TEDxWenatcheeED

There are many children and teens who live in poverty and in abusive households, many are English learners and they are struggling in school. I was one of them. I wasn’t supposed to make it. Karla works currently in real estate, mortgage processing and loan origination. Yet, she continues her passion for plant medicine and natural healing. Karla is truly a success story starting with the bare survival minimums in her early years, eventually saved by a charter school, which lead to an outstanding corporate career and a successful transition to carving out her own path in the mortgage lending business. While Karla doesn’t like to talk about her success, she takes every opportunity to talk about her wonderful daughters and their successes in cheer, dance, gymnastics, and school, but more importantly of their beautiful spirit. Karla has since relocated her Mom and brother, challenged by a stroke 10 years ago, to the Wenatchee area, and still finds time through her busy schedule to attend to their everyday needs. Karla has always had a passion and desire for caring and giving back to those in need, just as she needed so many years ago. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx