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<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/skokie/ct-skr-shout-out-tl-0312-20200309-hpjuzyz7bfe5dfe5nxjvoqaoba-story.html?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=sylvan-learning-franchisee-featured-in-chicago-tribunes-shout-out-2712811" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">According to a recent article in the Chicago Tribune</a>, Elizabeth Samartzis from Kenilworth, Illinois left her corporate career to raise a family. Samartzis ultimately decided to become a franchisee for <a href="https://sylvanfranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=sylvan-learning-franchisee-featured-in-chicago-tribunes-shout-out-2712811" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sylvan Learning</a>, the supplemental learning center brand, because of her passion for childhood development and education.“I wanted to own my own business,” Samartzis told the Chicago Tribune. “<a href="https://1851franchise.com/sylvanlearning">Sylvan Learning</a> allowed me the opportunity to become a business owner, as well as provide a service that centered around something that I felt passionate about—childhood development and education.”Today, Samartzis owns Sylvan Learning Centers in both Skokie and Oak Lawn, both suburbs just outside of Chicago, Illinois.<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/skokie/ct-skr-shout-out-tl-0312-20200309-hpjuzyz7bfe5dfe5nxjvoqaoba-story.html?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=sylvan-learning-franchisee-featured-in-chicago-tribunes-shout-out-2712811" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Read the full feature in the Chicago Tribune here.</a>

Sylvan Learning Franchisee Featured in Chicago Tribune’s “Shout Out”

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Elizabeth Samartzis, the Chicago-based mother, found her passion for business ownership with the supplemental learning franchise Sylvan Learning.


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