Money-Making Mom

Earlie Hudnall
“I went to the library and punched in millionaire and I read every single book on biographies of millionaires, anything dealing with money, stocks, bonds, real estate…” and within 18 months Elon Bomani became a millionaire! The 42-year-old Missouri City, TX, mother of two had separated from her husband and moved into a women’s shelter with her newborn son in 2001. In her new book, Dynamic Diva Dollars, she reveals how she reclaimed control of her life through real estate. “I always tell women that I wasn’t a rocket scientist in this whole thing. What I did was become a very good copycat. I basically studied what wealthy people did. I found that the 90 percent of people that became wealthy invested in real estate.”

Hounsou Seeks Help For Homeless

 
Photos by Susan Walsh/AP
A model and Academy Award-nominated actor, Benin native Djimon Hounsou was homeless and lived on the streets of Paris after emigrating to France as a teenager. Fashion designer Thierry Mugler discovered him there and launched his modeling career. He recently revealed his life as a homeless teen to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee as he pleaded for reauthorization of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. The legislation, which expires at the end of this fiscal year, provides funding to local groups that aid adolescents surviving on the nation’s streets and other homeless children. “I lived out my days in hunger and desperation. So this cause is not merely some distant charity that I contributed to from my home due to feeling of guilt or good will. My concern comes from an intimate understanding of the situation that these children face,” he testified.