Dorothy: [00:00:00] What does it take to turn a neighborhood taco shop into a movement for women’s health? During this episode, we sit down with Sharon Haynes. Artist restaurateur, founder of Tacos A Gogo, and so much more. She’s journeyed far beyond Tex-Mex. She’s built a business rooted in community resilience and has a fierce support for women at every stage of life. Sharon shares the inspiration and determination it takes to put women’s health front and center. She says it wasn’t her own experience with breast cancer that encouraged her to create her famous pink tacos or host a mobile unit at her place, but instead, a deep belief that women matter. Tune in to hear how Sharon built Tacos A Gogo from the ground up, the creative ways she brings healthcare to her team, and why women’s wellbeing is the heart of her [00:01:00] business.
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Thank you Sharon, for being with us today. You know, I’ve been doing some research on you, and you are a very interesting lady. I mean, you have done a lot of different things. So tell us first of all about how the heck you ever got into creating something like Tacos A Gogo.
Sharon: So, I have always been an artist without a medium is how I think of myself. So [00:02:00] I’ve dabbled in photography. I, I worked in New York as a freelance photographer, assistant, and help photographers all over New York City. I, um, got into welding when I moved to Houston and, and I had a welder’s workshop and, and in an art studio over on Commerce Street. And, um, but all the while I sort of supported my art habit with working in the industry, in the restaurant industry, so mostly as a bartender. Um, and so at one point I was working in a bar with a friend of mine and we decided we were gonna open a bar together and we ended up finding a beautiful old building in downtown Houston that was, um, called the Henry Brahe Building that was built in 1880 and it was a three story building right, um, behind the Rice Lofts. And there was a perfect spot for the bar upstairs, but it was begging to be a restaurant on the ground floor. And so in the late nineties we opened up Solero, which [00:03:00] was a Houston’s first tapas restaurant. Back then, we used to get phone calls for people asking about our topless restaurant that we were opening.
And I operated, ran that for a few years and then I started having kids and so I, I got out of it and then a few years later somebody approached me with a little spot on Main Street about doing a, a restaurant there. And by then I had learned that Houstonians want to eat Tex-Mex food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And I decided if I was gonna open another concept, it was gonna be Tex-Mex in Houston because. It’s all people one.
Dorothy: That’s it.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: Yeah.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: But now that was a spot that had, uh, very limited parking and.
Sharon: Yeah, it was kind of a insane space to open a restaurant. And that was back in 2006. Um, there was no parking. You know, typically at that point, every Houstonian expects to just pull up in front of a restaurant. Certainly back then, things are changing [00:04:00] now. But, um, and we did not have that. It was on the light rail, which also was a very new concept to Houston. But it was right next to the continental club and a tiny little taco shop. And just honestly, a, almost like one show at a time at the Continental Club, we, we got introduced to new clientele. And believe me, I had many a nights where I’d be, I was the cashier and cook if needed. And I’d be on the phone with my husband going like, should we keep this thing open? Like, what, what are we doing? And if I can just make it to $700 a day in sales, then we’re gonna be okay. And, you know, um, but yeah, that was, that was almost 20 years ago.
Dorothy: And now you have five.
Sharon: Now we have five locations. Yeah.
Dorothy: Wow.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: And they’re all doing well.
Sharon: They’re all doing well. We have a sixth coming and, um.
Dorothy: Oh!
Sharon: Yeah. Yeah. So, uh, it is, you know, it’s nonstop tacos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Dorothy: Well, of course I remember the pink [00:05:00] tacos that you did for The Rose.
Sharon: Yep.
Dorothy: And, uh, Sharon is a great supporter of The Rose has created a very unique way for us to reach people that we wouldn’t reach, at all. And, uh, we still appreciate all of your support.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: But let’s talk a little bit about why you have the mobile unit come out and how that all, how you met Lori.
Sharon: Okay.
Dorothy: How, how all of that came together.
Sharon: Okay. Well, I met Lori, um, she reached out to me. She’s a, a dynamo who works very hard to help women who work in the restaurant industry um, with their healthcare needs. So she reached out to me years ago and, um, we started working together on different events.
Dorothy: And Lori is a surgeon, she is a, a physician. Certainly understands what is going on with the restaurant.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: Workers and, and how difficult it is for them to have [00:06:00] insurance.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: So she, she really is on a mission.
Sharon: And she’s amazing. And, and, um, her husband owns restaurants and so her, you know, her passion for helping these women and the women that work in my company are amazing. I mean, they, they are mothers. They are, you know. Some of them single mothers and, and they work so hard and, and as a lot of us mothers know, and especially those that work as hard as these women do that their health is not a priority. And until all of a sudden maybe there’s an issue. And, and, and that’s the kind of thing that Lori and everyone wants to avoid. Right?
Dorothy: Right.
Sharon: Like, so there’s a lot of, you know, preventative things that you can do, or of course in this case it’s early detection and, and so helping, helping give access to that is amazing.
Dorothy: And so you didn’t have an employee that had need or anything like that, did you?
Sharon: No.
Dorothy: Okay.
Sharon: No, but I did, so, you know, in 2020 I was [00:07:00] diagnosed with breast cancer and I was a couple months late in going for my mammogram because it was spring of 2020.
Dorothy: Right.
Sharon: And, um, so I didn’t go until the fall. But again, I was very lucky that it was early detected. And, um, you know, so I’ve had a very good outcome. But that it, of course, as you know, is a, is a major, major factor in not only breast cancer, but a lot of cancers. If, if you can detect early.
Dorothy: And, and there was no way you could have really gotten in in that spring.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: So, but you were always on top of your mammograms. You believed in that early detection prevention. So, so many women, uh, put it off for way too long.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: So I’m glad that you were able to go on in when, when it was back to almost normal.
Sharon: Well, and I think, um, again, you know, we live such busy lives. Again, I, I have, I have a tender place in my [00:08:00] heart for working women because the minute you have kids, everything comes before you, right? And so there, when it comes to healthcare, no one is gonna take care of you, like you. And, and I really think that’s an important message for women especially because I think they tend to put certainly their children before they do. You know, I think, I know some women who take their dogs to the vet more regularly than they might take care of themselves by getting checkups and like, I just think that we tend to not prioritize ourselves. And there is that, you know, wonderful thing that you hear every time you get on a plane that if you’re traveling with a child, that you need to put your oxygen mask on first because you can’t help your child if you’re not healthy and good. And so I think there’s a lot of value in, in encouraging women to take care of themselves first.
Dorothy: You know, Sharon is you’re talking, I’m, I’m hearing almost a different story [00:09:00] than I have heard before because it’s kind of like we think we’re invincible.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: You know, I don’t think, I think women are smart. They know they need to do this right, but, well, I’m okay, but I’m gonna take care of the child, the dog, the husband, the whatever.
Sharon: Yep.
Dorothy: So, I wonder if we focused a little more on it doesn’t hurt that you’re not invincible.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: It doesn’t hurt anything that you’re taking care of yourself. Is this is, this is a problem we’ve had for almost 40 years.
Sharon: Yep.
Dorothy: You know, most women will not come on time, and I’m not talking about ’cause of a COVID thing, but most of ’em will wait 14 to 16 months before they’ll have that annual mammogram.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: And that’s when you get into that little scary spot.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: Uh, that yeah, things could change, So.
Sharon: And there’s a, you know, it’s not gonna happen to me like that. That is very You know, if we lived our lives thinking that all bad things were gonna happen to us, we wouldn’t get outta bed [00:10:00] in the morning. Right? So, I think it’s very normal that people think this is not gonna happen to me.
Dorothy: Right.
Sharon: Like, I, you know, I’m fine, I’m healthy, I feel good, like, you know, so there is that, but then. When you get that diagnosis, you know, I have no history of breast cancer in my family. I don’t have any friends that have gone through this. And so, you know, it is the kind of thing like, oh, what this can happen to me. And of course it’s terrifying when you, when you hear the, the C word.
Dorothy: Right.
Sharon: And, and it comes with all sorts of baggage. You know, I, I struggled a lot with somehow this is my fault. Like I, I didn’t eat healthy enough or I, you know, and I think in, in this country, but not only, I think, you know, people tend to, I don’t know, like, I should have, could’ve, would’ve, like, somehow this is my fault. Right. And, and [00:11:00] even with something like breast cancer, which of course it’s not my fault.
Dorothy: Yeah.
Sharon: But, but I definitely struggled like, oh, like what did I do to bring this on to myself? Like, how, you know, how, what, what, what should I have done? I should have, you know, not done this when I was young or not done that, or, you know, I, I don’t know, eaten a little better or cut the sugar out. Or alcohol’s a carcinogen, so maybe I shouldn’t have had those drinks or, you know, you do tend to like somehow blame yourself a little bit.
Dorothy: Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I hear this all the time.
Sharon: Yeah. Yeah. And so finding that forgiveness and also just learning that, that that’s not the case, right? Like Right? I didn’t do anything to bring this on. And, you know, uh, so there’s a lot wrapped up in it. And, and, um. You know.
Dorothy: But that’s a very important part. We have no, no idea what causes cancer. I don’t care how much you hear about, oh, eat this, or don’t eat this.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: We still, I, you know, we’ve had athletes [00:12:00] show up with, with stage four. People who do nothing but take care of their bodies.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: You know, so, no. Yeah. It, it’s something we still don’t have our hands around. Yeah. Don’t know why.
Sharon: And for me, a big part of it is the restaurant business. Right? And stress. And it’s 24/7 and phone rings in the middle of the night and the alarm’s going off, it’ll look like, you know, and then I go, oh, it’s because I’m, I live a stressful life. Like, I, I don’t do enough yoga or I don’t, you know, like whatever.
Dorothy: Wow. You went down all of the webinars.
Sharon: I know. Well, you know, it’s very easy to do and.
Dorothy: Oh yeah.
Sharon: Um, and uh, you know, especially when you just don’t expect that this is gonna happen to you, like, right? It’s not supposed to happen to me ’cause I eat well and I take care of myself and I go to the doctor and I, you know, blah, blah, blah.
Dorothy: Right.
Sharon: But it happens, you know? And.
Dorothy: So have you had any employees that have been diagnosed?
Sharon: Nope.
Dorothy: Oh, that’s good.
Sharon: Yep. And it’s just great to be able to offer to get them into that mobile mammogram.
Dorothy: Absolutely.
Sharon: And to make them understand, you know, the importance of [00:13:00] just going for this very simple test that can really change the course of, you know, if they were to get a, you know, a, a positive that they could change the course of how it goes with early detection.
Dorothy: One of the things that we’ve noticed since we’ve had the mobile, uh, mammogram unit at your place, and thank you so much for providing that space.
Sharon: Yeah, my pleasure.
Dorothy: You just don’t take that big old 45 foot vehicle anywhere. But one of the things we’ve noticed is that it’s usually not filled up until about three days before.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: And, and you know, I would just struggle with that. Here’s a free mammogram, and why aren’t these women coming? And, but it’s because they don’t know their schedules.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: I mean, most of us don’t have that issue.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: We know that we can get off work to go do something.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: But in the restaurant business, that doesn’t happen.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: Many times you don’t know what the schedule’s gonna be.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: So, but invariably it fills up and I think, I think that’s the, [00:14:00] the blessing of it being there. A hundred percent.
Sharon: Yeah. Yeah. ’cause it really is disappointing if this opportunity is there and, and women aren’t taking it. I think that is, is a hard pill to swallow. But, um, you know, again, our, our staff for the most part, they have set schedules. Everyone knows. It’s just, it’s just a. Priority thing. You know, it’s like, oh, I’m gonna stop and I’m gonna do this thing for myself and for them to understand how important it is. ’cause I think, again, a lot of, a lot of it is, is people just don’t know the importance of getting a mammogram. I think.
Dorothy: And do you find yourself explaining that to them or? Just because.
Sharon: Yes. Yeah. Yes, because I’m a, I’m a, yeah. You know, I’m a case in point. So when you, when you are in a, you know, when, when you’ve had it, it, it’s much easier to, um, explain the importance with, you know, a, a real, um, you know, depth of meaning behind it because there’s a, there’s a personal story right in front of you.
Dorothy: Right.
Sharon: And, and that obviously has power.
Dorothy: [00:15:00] So we’ve been talking about Lori, who is the founder of, I’ll Have What She’s Having. And she doesn’t just provide breast cancer uh, screening, but she has many other screening services that she offers, and it has been such a gift to the restaurant workers.
Sharon: I know. Yeah, it’s incredible. And she’s also sort of moving into some mental health support and.
Dorothy: Yes.
Sharon: She’s helping me right now with one of my, um, long, long time cooks who’s having issues with her daughter and, and yeah, she’s amazing. And I can just turn to her like, how, how can, can you connect me to somebody that can help this woman? Because, you know, these are people who, you know, don’t have easy access to our medical system.
Dorothy: But, you know, mental health is very hard for women also.
Sharon: Yep.
Dorothy: I, I think it’s almost the same, not, I should have done something different, but I can handle this.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: You know, we don’t wanna find help all the time.
Sharon: [00:16:00] Right.
Dorothy: Even though it’s so needed.
Sharon: Yeah. And I, I will say that, I think all of those things, including the, the healthcare issue, the mental healthcare, I think that’s changing. Like, I think the younger generation is really much better at taking care of themselves and speaking up for themselves. Women in particular, I really, i’m encouraged when I see, I have two daughters and I mean, they’re young adults, but it’s really exciting to see how they are different than my generation and, and It, it is wonderful to see, ’cause I, I do see a difference in, in that stoic and, and, you know, kind of, we have to do everything and, and my mom was that way and, you know, and, and it, it’s kind of nice to see them put themselves first, which is unique to my perspective and how I was raised.
Dorothy: And are most of your employees on the younger side?
Sharon: Um, the, it, it’s a range.
Dorothy: It’s a range.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: I, I’m just curious how easy it is to get [00:17:00] that 40-year-old in there for that first mammogram.
Sharon: Yeah. You know that, and then those are the ones that need it.
Dorothy: Yeah.
Sharon: And then they still are on the cusp, sort of, of, of gener generation.
Dorothy: You know, we don’t think anything about having a pap smear. It just drives me nuts.
Sharon: Yeah,
Dorothy: because, you know, a mammogram is truly non-invasive.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: And it’s just a little bit of awkwardness for a few minutes.
Sharon: Right?
Dorothy: So any tips you have on how we could reach younger women would be great.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: That is, that is the one area that we need to work on.
Sharon: Well, and for me, what I see with my girls is that I think, you know, and even me, ’cause I, you know, like when do they need to worry if they have a mother who’s, you know had breast cancer, like, is that even though it, mine is not. I haven’t had the test, but I don’t believe it’s genetic. But you know, like at what point do they like, I feel like some of the messaging around like when you’re supposed to start, how, like, because I, you know, I don’t. I don’t know that. I know that. I don’t know that they know [00:18:00] that.
Dorothy: No. And and it’s because we’ve had so many different controversies about mammograms to start with.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: And then the, they changed the age recommendation.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: How many times in the last 20 years?
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: It’s been changed for some reason, they went back to 40 years old.
Sharon: Huh?
Dorothy: I guess it was all the women that were dying of late stage cancer in their forties, who had thought they didn’t need to start having their mammograms. I mean, it, it truly was an awful, awful time when that age, uh, recommendation was 50.
Sharon: Interesting.
Dorothy: But now, reluctantly, they’ve gone back to 40. We believe women should start earlier.
Sharon: Okay.
Dorothy: We really believe you ought to have that baseline at 35. Your daughters need to have it at 25.
Sharon: Okay.
Dorothy: You know, just because.
Sharon: Yep.
Dorothy: And it wouldn’t hurt to do the genetic testing.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: By the way, we do that here.
Sharon: So I did ask my doctor and, and they seem to [00:19:00] think that I don’t need it, and my gynecologist thinks I need it. And I, I’ve talked to other people that are like, get the testing. And.
Dorothy: Yeah.
Sharon: Um, so yeah, maybe I’ll schedule an appointment that done well.
Dorothy: That would good.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: Honestly, we’ve, we’ve seen so much that, uh, it can show other things.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: But it’s really, it’s really important. It might change your surveillance a little bit.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: You might do it a little bit often.
Sharon: And for my daughters is really what I care about.
Dorothy: Oh yeah.
Sharon: And um, yeah, for sure.
Dorothy: Even though there’s still a lot of work to do in that area too.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: Alright. I want you to put back on your, your business hat.
Sharon: Okay.
Dorothy: What does it take to have your own business? And one that is so demanding.
Sharon: So, you know, I think I am i’m an entrepreneur at heart. Like I, I see opportunity. I see. And obviously it’s what I know, right? What it takes is just a tremendous amount of hard work. I mean, like that is what it takes. And I think, [00:20:00] you know, it takes, of course it takes common sense. Uh, it takes focus, it takes organization and, you know, it takes humanity. Like for me, that’s a big part of how I run my business is through humanity. Like treating every single person that works for me, you know, with grace and, um, support where I can and when I can, and how I can, and understanding and having a perspective of every single person that comes to me is coming from a, a unique place that is gonna inform them on how they behave and whether it’s someone’s first job.
And so they might make a mistake by not showing up because they thought, you know, like, so. You know, a lot of how I operate is I, [00:21:00] I would not be where I am with my businesses if it weren’t for every single employee that I have and have had that have gotten me to where we are. And they’re people with lives that are working hard to help us succeed as a group. So, you know, for me that’s probably the biggest thing and hard work is the other one like it. It is a true dedication. And the restaurant business is funny because a lot of people, most people go to restaurants, they eat out, they know what they like, and they think, well, I can do that.
You know, like, uh, you know, that looks like fun, you know? Well, it’s not, uh, you know, and, and even everybody that works in the restaurant, everyone I know, it is a love hate relationship, right? Like, I, I love the business as much as I hate it, right? Because, ’cause those negatives of, customer reviews and someone who gives you a one star review [00:22:00] because you know, whatever or something went wrong and, you know, uh, a human made a mistake or, you know, like, I don’t know.
And, and you know, you get a review right before going to bed and it’s a one star, and then you’re just. You know, or the phone rings in the middle of the night because there’s glass break and somebody’s, you know, and then you’re calling the cops and you’re getting outta bed and driving to that location and like, you know, or somebody doesn’t show up or somebody quits unexpectedly, like, you know, these are things that you absolutely detest I detest about the business. You know, because we’re open from 7:00 AM which means some days my staff gets there at 4:00 AM if they have catering and, and they’re there till sometimes midnight, sometimes later. And so if they need me, I am there. And so, you know, that part is really, really hard.
Dorothy: Yeah.
Sharon: And I’ve been doing it for a long time.
Dorothy: Time. Right. So it really is breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Sharon: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. And not all restaurants are, but mine happens to be. And, uh, [00:23:00] last week, twice in one week in one location that does a lot of catering. Our original location. No power center point, a planned outage that I guess they failed to share with us.
And you know, we have all these catering orders and so five o’clock in the morning my, you know, like, so that part is, is not fun.
Dorothy: No.
Sharon: But, you know, opening a new restaurant and, and celebrating Mother’s Day with our staff. And you know, like there’s, there’s a, like, obviously a lot of really great things about, about owning and operating restaurants.
Dorothy: So how did you celebrate Mother’s Day? Or how do you sell it?
Sharon: So, we’ve done it a whole bunch of different ways. We’ve had, like mothers come to one location. Um, we, so this year every store is kind of doing its own thing and we, we buy flowers and, you know, anyway, and, you know, bath bombs and like, just things that we feel like can help make the mothers feel appreciated because, you know, because in my book, and I’m one of them, obviously. But, you [00:24:00] know, no one works as hard as a mother. Uh, to have a full-time job and then to, you know, be the primary caregiver of their children is, I mean, and not to say that there’s not some men out there that do that too, because I know there are, but, the lion’s share of them are, are working mothers, and it’s a really, really, really hard and demanding thing.
Dorothy: Right.
Sharon: And so, um, so we’re kind of celebrating in different stores or doing different things.
Dorothy: Yeah. And your own employees, many of them are working mothers. I I imagine.
Sharon: A huge number of them are.
Dorothy: Yeah.
Sharon: Yeah. We have more women working for us than men. And, and many, many of them are mothers.
Dorothy: I, I remember at The Rose many years ago. We were trying to get a new phone system. And so we had these people come in and look at our phones and you know what we were gonna need. They were evaluating different companies and this one guy came in and he said, you don’t need a new system. You don’t need more lines. You need to get these women off the phone. They’re calling their children every [00:25:00] afternoon. And I went… they’re calling their children to make sure they’re home and safe.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: And I said, we have, you know, 80 working mothers here. Of course they’re gonna call their children.
Sharon: Right.
Dorothy: He didn’t get the job, but you know, it was like.
Sharon: Good for you.
Dorothy: My gosh. You know, that’s what we did.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: I was a working mother. I checked on my kid every afternoon. So, you know, it’s, it’s what you do.
Sharon: Yep.
Dorothy: Yeah. So what other, and, and I was so fascinated by your story. I was thinking. If you had a young woman about to go into her own business or an older woman, besides the hard work, what else would you tell her that she needs to be prepared for?
Sharon: Um. I mean, it’s changed a lot since I’ve been in the business. Back in the day, we, we didn’t even have a computer system. I, I think there is a technology [00:26:00] piece and like a social media piece that I think has really, I mean, when I say social media, I mean reviews like Google and, you know, and any business is open to those, right?
Dorothy: That’s right.
Sharon: And, and those things are, um, didn’t used to be there, like when I started, you know? And so I do think, you know, making sure that you are going into it with eyes open in terms of like, just being aware of like, all that comes along with the business that you want. Like I, you know, and I, and I think, I think having a passion for what you’re doing a business in is really important because you will get sick of it and it, you know, it becomes your living, breathing child almost really. And so going in with eyes wide open and making sure that you, you have some good support and knowing like sort of what you’re getting yourself into, um, I think is. [00:27:00]
Dorothy: Yeah.
Sharon: Important.
Dorothy: Yeah. I agree.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: People always say, what does it take to start a nonprofit? And I just say, don’t.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: I mean.
Sharon: Interesting.
Dorothy: You know, it’s just, uh, you just can’t imagine.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: All the different things that you’re gonna face.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: So, one more time, we wanna talk just a little bit about you having the mobile coach at Tacos A Gogo, it’s usually at one. Right?
Sharon: Yes.
Dorothy: Yes.
Sharon: We do it at our TC jester location in Oak Forest because it has a nice, big parking lot out front, and not, most of ours don’t have that.
Dorothy: Right.
Sharon: Um, we, we might have some alternative locations here coming up, but, um, for now that, that’s the one that makes the most sense.
Dorothy: You do it twice a year, what?
Sharon: Just now twice a year, which is really exciting.
Dorothy: Yes.
Sharon: And, um, so we, we’ve been doing it in March and December, I think.
Dorothy: Yeah.
Sharon: And yeah. So, um.
Dorothy: And it’s a part of your collaboration with I’ll Have What She’s Having.
Sharon: Correct.
Dorothy: Yes. And it, I I think we serve about 50 [00:28:00] women.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: Between those two days. Easy.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: Yeah. So that’s, that’s amazing. It, it is just so nice to have somebody in the community who understands.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: And has made it possible, because again, we couldn’t reach those women.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: We don’t know who they are. You know, there’s no way to reach ’em and you’re making that possible. So.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: Thank you so much.
Sharon: Well, it’s a wonderful opportunity and thank you because you know that it’s nothing on our end, in my opinion, and it is everything on your end. So it, it makes a huge difference and it’s just an amazing thing to be able to offer women who don’t have access.
Dorothy: That’s true.
Sharon: Yeah.
Dorothy: Well, thank you again, Sharon, for coming and talking to us about business and about mammograms and your own journey.
Sharon: Yes.
Dorothy: We really appreciate you.
Sharon: My pleasure, and we appreciate you.
Dorothy: Oh, thank you.
Sharon: Thank you.
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