“My parents were auctioneers,” Dickerson said. “There were all these kids hanging out. I organized the Cookie Tin. I got each one to bake a pan of cookies,” she said.
“They sold the cookies. I, of course, took a percentage off the top.”
A local example in this Las Cruces Bulletin article about how Marci Dickerson, proprietor of the largest female-owned hospitality company in southern New Mexico officially got her start. PSA looks for examples of local versions of the cuisine. Here is an article about how the parenting example led to a new entrepreneurship in the next generation.