Gazelle Hashemian -- a successful IT executive whose latest venture is the wellness company Blue Flower -- said her deep sense of appreciation for opportunity in the United States comes from living through the Iranian Revolution in 1979.

In 2001, she became president of Paragon Technology Group, a company that her husband founded in 1997, which grew into a successful multi-million dollar business.

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