Valencia Giles always had a passion for music growing up and later discovered she had the gift of teaching. Together with her husband, Ozzie, they started the award-winning Lawrenceville-Suwanee School of Music in Metro Atlanta. A small business that began with 30 students now serves more than 1,200. They run two schools and are looking to add a third.
When it came time to purchase small business insurance, the Gileses looked no further than local State Farm agent Darryl Brooks.
“[With] Darryl being a small business owner as we are, it really helps him to understand us, how we operate, and understand our needs, and just relate – this is what we go through,” said Ozzie Giles.
The Gileses and Brooks are featured during this year’s national NBCUniversal Open Doors campaign, which is an initiative sponsored by State Farm that supports diverse, small businesses by providing access to marketing and advertising resources to help spur and sustain growth. This is the third year that State Farm and NBCUniversal have worked together on this campaign.
Based in New York, Stephen Freeman is a Senior Editor at Trending Insurance News. Previously he has worked for Forbes and The Huffington Post. Steven is a graduate of Risk Management at the University of New York.