[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 97 (Monday, June 5, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING MARIE RELOSA FULLWOOD AS A DISTINGUISHED LEADER IN CENTRAL 
     FLORIDA FOR ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, June 5, 2023

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, on May 26, 2023, I recognized Marie Relosa 
Fullwood as a distinguished leader in Central Florida for Asian 
American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Marie ``Michi'' Relosa 
Fullwood was born in Baguio City, Philippines to Juancho Alfonso Relosa 
and Marie Chlupp on December 2, 1983. She graduated from Sta. Clara 
Parrish School in 2001. Upon graduation, she moved to the United States 
to join her parents.
  After she arrived, she spent the next two years exploring the culture 
and every opportunity that the country would offer her. She worked many 
jobs to assist in supporting her family. At the age of 20, she joined a 
small landscape company that only had two employees. Her 
responsibilities consisted of but were not limited to implementing cost 
reductions, handling the accounts receivable and accounts payables, and 
handling all human resources issues. She later became the landscape 
designer of the company. Michi did not know how to do any of this. She 
did not attend college of any sort but her husband Eddie taught her 
everything she needed to know when it came to running the family 
business. She credits him and God for this amazing, successful journey.
  She is now the vice president of No Limit, Inc. and Eddie is the CEO. 
They employ almost 100 people and support the $15/per hour minimum wage 
initiative. That's the starting pay for each and every employee. In 
2018 and 2022, No Limit, Inc. was awarded Business Partner of the Year 
by the Osceola County School District. No Limit, Inc. continues to 
support Thacker Avenue Elementary by helping create a garden for the 
21st-century program and donating garden supplies for students. They 
also support staff activities which promotes a positive school culture.
  Michi feels she is truly living the American Dream. She says it takes 
dedication, commitment, and hard work, but it can be done.
  In addition to being an entrepreneur, Michi is a loving wife, a 
mother of two, and a great friend to many. Working at No Limit is her 
livelihood, but her passion is event planning and decorating. Putting a 
smile on someone's face is and always will be her ultimate goal.

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