Finding Your Passion
March 1, 2001|
Marianne Szymanski discovered her passion as a young girl.”I’ve always loved children and believed in helpingothers,” says Szymanski, the president of Toy Tips Inc., aconsumer-focused international consulting firm in Milwaukee thattests toys based on appropriate age and skill development. “Asa pre-teen, I enjoyed holding MDA [Muscular Dystrophy Association]carnivals in my backyard. I would donate my old toys as prizes andhave games and go-cart rides set up to raise money for MDA.Sometimes I would raise [only] $32, but I was so proud to turn itin because that was the outcome of my little carnival.”