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Monica left her CDD with an interior design firm to start her own business in France

Monica left her CDD with an interior design firm to start her own business in France

by Alex Volamos Virtual Services | Apr 11, 2021 | Success Stories

Monica was an immensely talented luxury interior designer who began working with me as the temporary work contract (CDD) that had enabled her to get a European Blue Card drew to a close. While she loved her work and was eager to continue working with the same company...
Lola Manifested her Job as a Paris Tour Guide

Lola Manifested her Job as a Paris Tour Guide

by Alex Volamos Virtual Services | Apr 11, 2021 | Success Stories

Today, I want to tell you about my client Lola, who came to France in July 2017.   Lola wanted to come to France ever since she spent her spring semester studying abroad in Paris, and just knew she had to come back. In that way, she was a lot like me – I...
Jasmine’s Photography Business

Jasmine’s Photography Business

by Alex Volamos Virtual Services | Apr 11, 2021 | Success Stories

My client Jasmine came to me after working with an immigration lawyer who hadn’t been successful in renewing her visa. She had been in France for several years, and was a photographer – a hugely talented photographer, at that.   She had been in France on...
Jackie Went from Project Manager to Starting a Wine Basket Business in Paris

Jackie Went from Project Manager to Starting a Wine Basket Business in Paris

by Alex Volamos Virtual Services | Apr 11, 2021 | Success Stories

Jackie was a project manager in New England who dreamed of moving to France, but her passion wasn’t project management. It was wine. Although she had studied oenology in prestigious programs in Europe and in the US, virtually all of her experience was merely for fun....

“Leave all your expectations at the door:” How Expat Coach Mundey Young Keeps Creating Herself & Her Life Vision in Marseille

by TeamFranceformation VA | Feb 17, 2021 | Podcast

Welcome to Episode 10 of Profiles in Franceformation. I’m your host, Allison Grant Lounes, and today, my guest is Mundey Young, founder of Mundey Young Coaching. She is a US Air Force veteran, mother, wife and entrepreneur who has been coaching people from around the...

The 7-Year Crisis Point: How Sandy Anderson decided to spend the rest of her life in France, without becoming French

by TeamFranceformation VA | Feb 3, 2021 | Podcast

In Episode 8 of Profiles in Franceformation, I interviewed Sandy Anderson, a retired English teacher who is a fellow graduate of the Middlebury College French School, which I also attended. Sandy, an American, was born in Ontario, Canada, went to school in Jamaica,...

“France Will Take Care of You:” The Cancer Disaster that brought Suzanne White Home to France

by TeamFranceformation VA | Jan 27, 2021 | Podcast

Welcome to Episode 7 of Profiles in Franceformation! I’m your host, Allison Grant Lounes. In this episode, I interview Suzanne White, an American woman who came to Paris from Buffalo, New York, at age 22, in 1961. Suzanne is the author of a book called The New Chinese...

Moving to France During Lockdown with Brian Jones

by TeamFranceformation VA | Jan 20, 2021 | Podcast

Welcome to Episode 6 of Profiles in Franceformation. I’m your host, Allison Grant Lounes, and this week, my guest is Brian Jones. Brian is originally from Michigan and moved to a village near Rennes in Brittany, France, in 2019 with his French wife. Initially, he...

Stumbling Into the Study Abroad Office Led to Almenia’s Move to France

by TeamFranceformation VA | Jan 13, 2021 | Podcast

This week’s episode is with guest Almenia Garvey, an American woman from North Carolina and Chicago, who asked her job to transfer her and moved to Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France with her husband and two children in 2017. The best part of her story is that at all...

Living a French Life in Cahors, France, with Hawaiian-born Entrepreneur Karen Kriebl

by TeamFranceformation VA | Jan 6, 2021 | Podcast

Today I’m here with Karen Kriebl, an American entrepreneur from Hawaii who moved to France in 2017. Her business living a French life as an e commerce site selling vintage French treasures. And her mission is to share the beauty of France through her online shop...
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  • Monica left her CDD with an interior design firm to start her own business in France
  • Lola Manifested her Job as a Paris Tour Guide
  • Jasmine’s Photography Business
  • Jackie Went from Project Manager to Starting a Wine Basket Business in Paris
  • “Leave all your expectations at the door:” How Expat Coach Mundey Young Keeps Creating Herself & Her Life Vision in Marseille

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