Doonan, Phyllis Fee
Consistent real estate top producer, Phyllis Fee Doonan believes it was her hard work to avoid homesickness when she arrived in the U.S. that has led to her success. She started her own Stamford, Connecticut real estate company, Phyllis Doonan & Associates, and hasn’t looked back.
The Leitrim-born mother of three and grandmother of two recalls her first few years in the U.S. “Our parents did not have land phones, cell phones or computers so communication was strictly by writing letters,” she says.
With this there was not too much room for homesickness. When I came to the U.S. I chose to work six days a week, 10 hours a day and this was a great experience and essentially the roadmap for my success.”
A graduate of the University of Connecticut and Fairfield University, Doonan believes her Irish heritage “means the power of the Irish mother, who instilled the faith and responsibility of growing up with dignity, respect and the Golden Rule.”
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