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#143 Miriam Airington-Fisher From Courtroom Chaos To A Family-First Firm
What happens when the career you’ve chased for years stops fitting the life you’re building? We sit down with attorney and founder Miriam Airington-Fisher to explore how she transformed a courtroom-centered path into a thriving, family-first immigration practice without abandoning ambition or impact. Miriam traces her journey from legal aid and criminal defense to launching a firm as a new single mom. She breaks down the scrappy early days, the power of a 90-day startup plan, and the mindset shift from perceived job security to true entrepreneurial control. We dive into the boundary playbook she now...
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Hi there, my name is Mary Kill-Olea. Welcome to the Toobie Boulder podcast, providing career insights for the next generation of women in business and tech. Toobie Boulder was created out of my love for technology and marketing, my desire to bring
together like-minded women, and my hope to be a great role model and source of inspiration for my two girls and other young women like you. Encouraging you guys to show up and to be bolder and to know that anything you guys dream of, it's totally possible.
So sit back, relax and enjoy the conversation. Hi there. So what if your career you worked at your whole life suddenly no longer fit to your lifestyle? That's the crossroads to today's guest Miriam Arrington Fisher faced a successful criminal
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