Battling life-threatening breast cancer with no health insurance, no employment and no resume, Marion Luna Brem, newly divorced and the head of her household, decided to try her hand at sales. Selling her first automobile at 32, by 36 she was President and CEO of her own auto dealership, Love Chrysler, Inc., founded in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1989, currently ranked nationally in Hispanic Business and Working Woman magazine’s “Top 500.” Her numerous professional accomplishments – inside the male-dominated automotive industry – most recently led to her induction into “The International Automotive Hall of Fame.”

Her inspirational story has been profiled in The Washington Post, Reader’s Digest, and most recently the USA Today as well as numerous women’s magazines. She has appeared on many national radio and television shows, including “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power” and “Good Morning America.”

She has been honored by the Office of Women’s Initiatives at the White House and currently she serves the state of Texas having been appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the Texas Worker’s Compensation Insurance Board. She was also selected to participate in case studies at Harvard University Graduate School of Business.

Ms. Brem is the holder of the “Avon Women of Enterprise” and the “Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year” awards and is also one of 40 women worldwide, 10 from the United States, to be named as one of the “Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World” for 2001. (The recognition ceremony took place last year in Madrid, Spain.)

As one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics in the United States” (Hispanic Business magazine), she directs her influence to the fight against breast cancer and improving education, having founded and funded a program to recognize civic-minded high school students. To date, her company has awarded several new cars to “Love Chrysler’s Top High School Students.” She also founded and co-funded the “Marion Luna Brem/Pat McNeil Teen Parent Scholarship Fund,” which provides financial support for young parents facing the twin difficulties of parenthood and continuing their education.

With her 2 sons active in her businesses, she has strategically opened 6 additional companies including a second auto dealership in Texas as well as an ad agency and a real estate holding company. She has authored a book, The 7 Greatest Truths About Successful Women (Penguin Putnam Publishers), ranked one of the “Top Ten Business Books” for 2001 (Booklist). She currently travels as an international speaker.