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“I’ve been doing this for 24 years,” spa owner Corie Dulkin said.

Before the facials and massages, Dulkin grew up in a much different setting.

“I was a medic in the military, and I had a pretty rough upbringing, and so I joined the service right out of high school,” Dulkin said.

It was her time serving that she realized her life was meant to serve a greater purpose.

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