National Speaker, Strategic Planning Consultant, and National Leader with over 20 years experience as a REALTOR. She was the 2017 President of the Arizona REALTORS® and their 2017 AZ REALTOR® of the Year, was the Region XI Vice President for the National Association of REALTORS® in 2019 and is the Owner of both the Focus School of Real Estate and the Academy of DOM. She has been honored with Northern Arizona Association of REALTOR’s Distinguished Service Award and their Presidents Award as well as the Distinguished Service Award from the Arizona REALTORS®. As a passionate community leader, Paula was proud to be chosen as the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce’s Young Athena Award Winner. In 2022, she received the Heart of Safety Award from the Beverly Carter Foundation for her work promoting REALTOR® Safety. She founded the non-profit Leftover Love which holds pop up charity events at NAR Conferences like handing out over 175 backpacks to people living on Ellis Street in San Francisco and raising over $10,000 in one week for REALTOR Relief in honor of Margo Wheeler. All of that aside... The truth is, most people know her by the title which makes her most proud;“Sam’s Mom”