Real Estate Professional of the Week

12/14/2006

Name: Helen Arocha-Lezama

Company: Gold Key Real Estate

Phone: 734-848-2740

Position: Realtor

Marital Status: Divorced

Special Children: All five of my children are special to me!! They are Angelisa, 16; Maribella, 15; Searfin, 12; Luisa, 7; and Guadalupe, 5.

Pets: One Australian Shepherd and six Alpacas.

First job: Social Librarian at South Quad Dormitory at U of M, Ann Arbor

Dream job: Motivational speaker for teenagers, with an emphasis on minorities and young women.

My favorite thing about being a real estate professional is: Having an excuse to look at so many properties and the joy of working with the public and making new friends.

Best vacation ever: RVing to the White Mountains in New Hampshire and the Catskill Mountains in New York looking for Alpacas. It was beautiful in the mountains.

My hero is: My mother! She went back to high school in her 40s and became a teacher in her 60s!

I am most inspired by: God and my family.