About Us

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AnnaMaria has a passion to reduce poverty and increase prosperity, especially for her fellow military veterans.

She has built an impressive track record of helping unemployed people (including military veterans) get hired to work online.

She served in the Army for a total of 26 years: 10 years as a Career Counselor and 5 years as an Education Services Specialist.

After leaving the service in 2008, having achieved the rank of Master Sergeant (MSG), she used her leadership and project management experience to start the following non-profit organizations (on behalf of their founding Board of Directors):

• Fowler Memorial Free Dental Clinic, Monroe, WI
• Hometown Wellness Care, New Glarus, WI
• Wisconsin Christian Recovery Network, Madison, WI
• A Pathway Home, McFarland, WI
• Christian Community Action Coalition, Middleton, WI
• Father’s Heart Ministries, Madison, WI
• Church of Acts Ministries, Intl., Sun Prairie, WI

. . . And is the Founder/CEO

• Onward and Upward Inc.
• Get A Real Job Online
• Prosperity Princess
• Prosperity Pathways LLC

Published Author

• The Guide To Mystery Shopping
• Get A Real Job Online: Work at Home
• Work at Home with a Real Online Job

In 2015, she graduated from an intensive entrepreneur training program: Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV).

AnnaMaria has been earning a living working online at home since 2002.

She is currently a Doctoral Candidate for the Doctorate in Business Administration from the UW-Whitewater School of Graduate Studies 

DBA Program.

She recently completed training to be professionally certified as a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), which expires in 2022.

Education

• B.S. Communication                Arizona State University
• M.A.  Communication                 West Virginia University
• M.B.A. Business Administration  Colorado Technical University (Online)
• Doctorate   Business Administration U.W. Whitewater (As of December 2021)

Emily interned for Onward and Upward/Prosperity Pathways between March and May 2020.

She is the Executive Assistant as of June 2020.

She volunteered at St. Michael's Hospital/Ministry Medical Group in Stevens Point, WI for 7.5 years in several different departments doing administrative type work.

She moved to Madison, WI in 2017.

Before starting at Onward and Upward/Prosperity Pathways, Emily was an Administrative Assistant intern at Mary's Daughter, LLC.

Education

• Mid-State Technical College Associate's Degree - Clinical Research Coordinator
• UW-Stevens Point
• UW-Marathon County

Kurt is continually advocating for people with disabilities, showcasing abilities, utilizing technology and relationships to make relevant connections locally and across the globe. 

He serves as Ambassador of not only The Disability Channel but also for Prosperity Pathways, Onward & Upward and the renamed Adaptive Division of the Wisconsin Waterski Federation. 
 

He currently hosts/cohosts weekly podcasts including both "World of Ability" and "Compassionate Citizens" and began in 2016 with "AbilityMKE Now!" live on Riverwest Radio out of Milwaukee, WI. 

His deep dive into the world of advocacy amazingly began with water skiing more than 30 years ago.   His leadership has included several local nonprofit Board positions along with serving for two years as vice chair of the Wisconsin Governor's Committee for People with Disabilities.

Most recently, he has brought a global connection to Wisconsin as the first Wisconsin Host for the Happy Neighborhood Project.