COMPASSION
CARA JUSTUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A “HORSE GIRL.” The associate director of cli- ent service at Compass Financial Partners, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) company, recalls her equestrian aspirations starting at a young age. “I was the little girl who loved horses. You either do or you don’t, and if you do, it’s just in your blood,” she says. Cara had been working remotely since before the pandemic began, but says home- schooling her children—Jonah, 15, Caroline, 9, and Tinleigh, 4—in its early days made her and her husband of 17 years, Isaac, real- ize they weren’t as attached to the local school system as they’d thought. That, in turn, propelled them to expand their search radius when looking for a new home. It paid Rಀ,Q$SULOWKH-XVWXVȆPRYHGWRDQ LG\OOLFDFUHIDUPLQ2OLQ1RUWK&DUROLQD about an hour north of Charlotte, and Cara
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CARA WORKS FROM HER HOME OFFICE IN HER FAMILY'S FARMHOUSE. IN HER ROLE AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICE AT COMPASS FINANCIAL PARTNERS, AN MMA COMPANY, CARA PREPARES MATERIALS FOR CLIENT MEETINGS, REVIEWS RETIREMENT PLANS AND INVESTMENTS, FACILITATES CHANGES, AND SUPPORTS FINANCIAL ADVISORS.
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