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At eight years old, Rhonda Sciortino lost her home in a fire in California, USA. With nowhere to live, she slept in public parks, searched dumpsters for food and wore the same clothes to school for months. Abandoned by her parents and raised in an abusive household, she became legally independent at 16. A year later, after repeatedly challenging an age restriction, she became California's youngest licensed insurance agent. At 27, she founded a company protecting organizations that cared for vulnerable children. She eventually became a millionaire and sold her business in 2008. Rhonda later founded Successful Survivors Foundation, turning her painful childhood experiences into a mission to help others. #californiarealestate #SurvivalStory #inspiring #HumanResilience