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Denise Padmore

Denise Padmore

Capital One

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Denise's work combines: Business, Non-Profit Organizations, and Working with Others

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Day In The Life

Loan Administrator

Manage construction budgets.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

    Street Academy/Old Boys H.S.

Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Loan Officers:

High School

Bachelor's Degree: Banking and Financial Support Services

Graduate Degree: Real Estate Development

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Life & Career Milestones

My path in life took a while to figure out

  • 1.

    Being a teenage mom, which pushed me to always do better for me and my child.

  • 2.

    Finishing high school while pregnant.

  • 3.

    Entering college for one semester after realizing I needed to focus on my family.

  • 4.

    Landing my first real job at a printing company and getting promoted a few times.

  • 5.

    Realizing I preferred to help people and entered the customer service industries for a # of years.

  • 6.

    Last, always being myself and leaving an impression where ever I go; whether work, church, or the store.

Defining Moments

How I responded to discouragement

  • THE NOISE

    You will not be anything in life other than have children and live off the government.

  • How I responded:

    I was determined to do better and teach my children never to listen to what people say and follow your dreams. You choose your own destiny.

Experiences and challenges that shaped me

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  • Always take a negative in your life and turn it into a positive.

  • I experienced family members whom abused drugs and did not allow that to be my destiny.