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Struggling actor to CPA firm owner: One leader's unlikely path
Orumé Hays, CPA, CGMA, didn't follow a traditional path to owning an accounting practice. From Africa to the Big Apple, she blazed a trail all her own.
Raised in Nigeria, Hays moved to Miami with a college degree in sociology and anthropology and a budding career in modeling and acting. Her pursuit of Hollywood stardom peaked with appearances in the 1996 movie The Birdcage.
She then discovered a new passion. Pursuing education and experience, she built her accounting career and launched her own firm in New York City.
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