67: Sahar Roques came with nothing to the US, launches a Persian sauce company

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Immigrant entrepreneur:	Sahar Roques
Company:	Spice of Life
Place of birth:	Iran
Employees:	0

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Sahar fled to America alone at 25 years ago to pursue a higher education degree where she was banned by the government of Iran to achieve due to my religious beliefs.

In the U.S. she studied Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics at University of Maryland College Park while working over 30 hours a week to earn a living.

After graduating she worked at biotech companies for a few years until she got married and had kids. After having kids, she realized a corporate job is not a right fit for her or her growing family.

After quitting she was lost, confused and didn’t have any solid plans on how to move forward with her career. Her passion for cooking, nutrition, and helping others through her work landed her to start her recipe developing and branding Spice of Life simmer sauces. She loves to encourage healthy eating one meal at a time with Persian spices/herbs.

Always looking to improve, she reads lots of health books and incorporating what she learned into her life and work. The Spice of Life community is her family and she loves taking care of everyone by delivering the best products.

Quotes by Sahar

I quit and I had no idea what the plan was going to be.
If you’re persistent and believe in yourself you can do it.
You don’t have to be perfect.
You have to take a risk and start when you’re good, and then grow and learn as you go.
I was also persecuted in school, by teachers.
I believe in America you can do anything if you put your mind to it.
I came with no money, nothing.
I didn’t have any business background.
I read a lot of books, I listen to a lot of podcasts.
America is full of opportunities and we just have to decide what we want to do.
You come across a lot of rejection as an entrepreneur, but if your gut tells you that this is the right thing, or you have a good intuition about it, then go for it.. Don’t listen to people.