Change-Maker

Entrepreneur has set up thousands for solid health care careers

Sylvia Dorisme has gone from unemployed and "lost in the world" to founding a Fort Myers health care training school nearing a graduation milestone.

Sylvia Dorisme founded Zeal Technical Institute in 2009.
Sylvia Dorisme founded Zeal Technical Institute in 2009.
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The 2008-2009 housing recession was a turning point for Sylvia Dorisme. A recent college graduate, she felt the impact of the economic crisis personally.

“I found myself unemployed and lost in the world,” she says. “I was either overqualified with a bachelor’s degree or underqualified.”

 

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