In 1987, I started to see some of my dreams realise. I bought a house, opposite my parents place (of course - I'm Italian!!) and was able to buy it with $85,000 cash - earned at Tupperware. I met my beautiful husband, Mohammed, the same year and we were married in 1989. He has a Doctorate in Engineering but soon accepted that there was more money to be made in Tupperware and we joined forces as a franchised business in 1989. Since then our business has grown and so has our family. We are blessed with 3 children, Ahmed, Nadia and Yasmin. We are surrounded by family whom we love and who support us. We stay with Tupperware because we love a challenge and we start every day knowing that it will be a GREAT one!! Our greatest passion is that we have the opportunity to change the lives of others and to help them realise their dreams. Tupperware gives us a Quality of Life that would be hard to find elsewhere.

I needed to do something! That's when I decided to join Tupperware after attending a party. My only objective was to repay my credit card but after a year, I had replaced my full time (40h/week) job salary of 40000$ by doing part time (15h/week) at Tupperware. I took the decision to jump head first in Tupperware to see where it would take me. That was in May 2006. The reason that only in the first place to try Tupperware full time was because I could have a flexible schedule since I wanted to have the possibility to stay home with the kids I would eventually have. What keeps me in Tupperware today: a quality lifestyle. I make my own schedule, I don't have to deal with a boss, I am paid for the efforts I put in and mostly, because I don't live with the pressure of stress. I see all my friends which are all young mothers. They are all running short with their time. That kind of lifestyle doesn't interest me one bit! I have lost my mother to cancer when I was 25 years old due to stress, I am sure. So I have decided that stress would not be part of my life. The financial liberty is also a great accomplishment in Tupperware. In my first full year in Tupperware (2007), I have made a 55,000$ salary. In my second year, I have made 100,000$. In my third year, I have made 150,000$. In my fourth year, I have made 200,000$ and in my fifth year, I have made a 253,000$ income. I bought a brand new house in March 2010 on which I have personally put 70,000$ as down payment. I also bought a condo in downtown Montreal in September 2010 and another one in 2012 as investments on which I have put more than 95,000$ as cash down. The most wonderful thing about my job in Tupperware is that I can offer what I have, my life style, to anyone I meet! Helping others to discover or rediscover the joy of fixing goals, achieving them and feel alive, proud and confident: that is my mission!

I was suffering from loneliness and misunderstanding. I was taking anti-depressant to control anxiety, anguish and panic attacks. I needed to get out of my house and to meet people. I needed a gratifying occupation because my self confidence had never been so low. I also needed it to fit in a flexible schedule because I still could not send my son to daycare. That's when I decided to start selling Tupperware part time. The first 6 months, Tupperware was more a social activity than a job. It allowed me to take a break from motherhood, to meet wonderful people, to rebuild my confidence and to regain my self esteem. I also rediscovered the desire to tackle challenges and fulfill myself professionally. In fact, it was going so well my husband quit his job and stayed home with our son so I could do it as a full time job! I have been a full time Tupperware Director for two 2 years now. I have the chance to be part of Maria's «Les Diamants» organization, to work with several other Directors and to have a great team. We share our experiences! We help, encourage and congratulate each other! We show our gratitude to one another! This social aspect is nowhere near what I could find in a conventional business. I don't feel like a number, I earn a very good salary, I get lots of rewards and I merited several trips. I also have a very flexible schedule which allows me to continue even though... I gave birth to my little daughter less than 2 months ago! With all this, I'm no longer dreaming my life. I'm living my dreams!

I was pregnant of my third child when the Tupperware opportunity was offered to me. I bought my business kit at a friend's party, even though I wasn't sure that Tupperware was made for me. I decided to give it a try. Then I started to receive recognition and prizes, and when I won my first trip to Hemmingway, I thought that I needed to go further and share the opportunity. Now that I'm a Tupperware Director, I can say that I have in my hands an opportunity that allows me to stay at home with my 3 children like I always wanted. With Tupperware, I earn more money than when I worked as a teacher, I make 3 to 4 trips each year, I receive recognition for my work and have the chance to work with a great team. And most important for me, I'm always there for my kids when they need it. Tupperware allows me to combine work and family, the dream of so many moms!

I picked up the telephone and called my friends at Tupperware; they welcomed me with open arms. My daughter was a teenager at this time and I took advantage of the opportunity to keep her close in having my Executive Manager position and having my office at home!! My income at Tupperware permitted me to give us a good quality of life and enough money to meet our needs, to pay her studies and even allow several holidays!! My return in force to Tupperware took another turn when I met Maria and Mohammed in 2002... The structure and training offered by Les Diamants took me to superior levels in my attempts and I finally found the road to success!! My daughter is now 25 and I am extremely proud that I am able to pay for her university studies and to let her share in my Tupperware trips ...None of this would have been possible as a single-parent mother for these last 20 years without the unlimited income that I have now that I am a Star Director. I have received 15 to 20 new cars given to me by Tupperware and I am at the midway point of my qualification for my Mustang WOW!!! Thank You Tupperware!

In March 2006, I was invited to a Tupperware party and afterwards I decided to have one myself to help organise my kitchen at the best price possible. My Consultant invited me to go to a Tupperware meeting at the office and I understood very quickly that this business opportunity may perhaps help me to realise my dreams of travel and to have money set aside for those impromptu expenses that we never expect. I had nothing to lose in trying...... My first year at Tupperware allowed to me to put aside enough money to have a holiday in Cuba and to travel for a month in Turkey. Over the next few years the money that I gained with my Tupperware business allowed me to travel and to visit Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Disney. Also, I began to have a margin of manoeuvrability in my budget which allowed me to relax. In August 2009, I decided that it was time to to apply myself to get more out of my business. I therefore set about recruiting new Team members. In April 2010 I became the first male Director in Canada. In completing this challenge I merited the trip to Hawaii for two. In the course of the next few years, I want to continue to grow my Tupperware business and to share the opportunity with others by trying to make a difference in their lives. Between now and the end of 2011 I would like to merit the Mustang convertible and to buy a rental property in order to ensure my Financial independence.

I have a bachelor's degree in elementary school teaching and I am also a financial planner. At that moment I was working for a financial institute and I was earning 70 000 a year, which is okay!!! But I quickly realized that the very long work schedules would mean that my family would be the sacrifice to do in order for me to realize myself as a woman. Armed with my determination and my self-confidence, that I was reinforcing Monday after Monday at the office, the inevitable happened, I started recruiting, but not just anybody, people of heart just like me. What a joy and privilege it was for me to be able to bring these women to the crossroad that they were searching for and then realize that they could succeed by themselves and bloom as women and leaders. My husband chose to believe in this too and sold his 2 gas stations in order to live our dreams and not dream our life. We are now the proud parents of 3 beautiful little boys who have the chance to have both their parents with them at all times. I look at us, my husband and I at 33 and 35 years old and I tell myself that not many people have the choice to take time to really live their lives instead of suffering their lives, and this even if I work with ardor and regularity to do what I have to do. People that join my team feel this and choose to believe it and try it... just like I did 3 years and 4 months ago!

What I learnt is that we must look and appreciate what we have in our lives and not at what we do not have and to strive to achieve our objectives.!! I also discovered a marvellous quality of life with my 3 daughters of 3, 5 and 7 and I can go and get my oldest daughter every day to lunch with her and the 2 little ones only go to Day Care 2 mornings a week (WOW)! I worked at Tupperware Part-time until I became a DIQ and then I left my old job (which was actually very easy because my salary with Tupperware was already higher than my job as were the rewards with my Trips and Jewels!!) Since that day I have an amazing team which continues to grow, of which I am very proud !! Without them I would never be where I am!! They make me grow a little more each day and for that I have lots of gratitude. I will never be able to say «thank you» enough times in my life for having come to know not only the Tupperware opportunity but also the incredible Team of les Diamants with Maria Meriano, Annie Marchand and Karine Charbonneau who have really changed my life! Thank you - You really are part of my happiness!!!