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Small Business Champion of August: Karen Guilmette of Natural Red
Karen Guilmette, owner of Natural Red, is our small business champion for the month of August. Karen’s journey started one day in 2013 when she was feeling mommy-guilt about the harmful ingredients she found in the personal care products she and her family were using. After a fruitless search for all natural products that worked well, she decided to research, experiment, and create some for her family. Soon afterward, she went through a divorce. Karen found herself a single mom with 5 children that were aged 10 and under. Financially, she needed to supplement her child-support. She considered going back to teaching, she is a former Detroit Public School teacher…