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Edwards has gone from about 15 clients to now<br />

having 100. Her love for her craft inspired her to go<br />

to Troy University and obtain her master’s degree.<br />

After that, she happily found a space in Warner<br />

Robins to open her tax company. Edwards titled her<br />

tax business C2&E LLC. That name was inspired by<br />

her and her two daughters.<br />

Before Edwards started doing taxes or working for<br />

H&R Block, she worked at Robins Air Force Base in<br />

contracting, and she had also done some work for<br />

the government for 26 years.<br />

“I come from a long line of entrepreneurs,” Edwards<br />

said, “but I always feared not having benefits.” She<br />

stated that she watched members of her family open<br />

businesses and not really have a plan for after the<br />

fact of retirement.<br />

Edwards explained that there really isn’t a typical<br />

day in her life as an independent business owner;<br />

every working day is different. She reports to her<br />

office at 9:00 a.m. and orders the supplies she might<br />

need for that day. Then shortly after, she and her<br />

team sit down for a morning meeting for about 30<br />

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