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Ignacia Heyer: Ignacia J Heyer is a single mother and entrepreneur who is driven by her passion for helping others and achieving her goals. She was born in Santo Domingo, DR, and relocated to Puerto Rico in 1980. She immigrated to the United State, attending Northern Essex Community College, where she studied Electronic Technology and English. While in college, Ignacia had to work 12 hour shifts . When she became pregnant with her daughter, she put her career and education on hold. She eventually went back to school earning an Associate of Arts in 2013 from University of Phoenix. That same year, Ignacia became a foster parent . All her life, she has been hounded by assumptions and gossip, but she has always ignored this negativity, focusing on her job, her role as a foster parent, and her daughter. Ignacia identifies with her favor poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy. This poem was published in 1971, it brakes her heart to see that 41 years later women are still victim of the unrealistic beauty expectations. Society wants to change women for them to be accepted. Currently, Ignacia is trying to establish an internet business and moved to Gloucester, MA in 2018