Being surrounded by all things Microsoft, Redmond residents may not know that one of the country’s major housing-services companies is also headquartered here. This year, Aboda celebrates 25 years in business.
His father used to beat him and tell him that he was stupid. When he was 4, his father put out cigarettes on his stomach. Today, at age 40, he can still see the marks.
Coming out of a seriously dysfunctional family, Nosh Hedgeman struggled to survive in his own home. Escaping to the street corners at age 14 seemed to be the only solution to avoid his father’s physical and emotional abuse. Surrounded by anger and ache in the early stage of his life, Hedgeman started using crack cocaine. He hoped it would stop his pain.
