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^- Hi, I'm Tanika Pierce, and this is me in a minute.

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^At the Small Business Administration,

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^I'm what's called a Procurement Center Representative,

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and what we do, we monitor agencies

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around the Dallas-Fort Worth area,

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and I make sure that they are setting aside

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requirements for small businesses

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and helping the Corps find small businesses

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to help them meet their small business goal.

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^Well, I have three children and a husband,

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^so balancing family and career is a big thing.

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What I have to do is always plan,

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I'm always planning, you'll find me with a planner,

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you will find me with about five calendars,

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and I have everything written out.

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If it's not written out, it might not get done.

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So I balance both of those by prioritizing.

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^Well, people may not know that I do have a twin sister.

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^We're not identical.

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And I like math a lot, so if I wasn't working at SBA

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I'd probably be a teacher or something like that, so.

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