Mary knew at age 23 what she wanted to do in life and in 2001 that dream became a reality. Born and raised in California by her immigrant Scandinavian parents, Mary saw what the hardworking entrepreneur life looked like.

Her family had restaurants, and at age 9 she worked at helping in the kitchen, as a dishwasher, busgirl.; and later as a server and hostess. Her parents believed in putting the kids to work. After graduation she went off to Swed...