Wendy Edwards has worked at New York Life in the Brooklyn General Office for the past 17 years. When Wendy came to the United States from Jamaica in 1982, she began working as an assistant to a New York Life agent—while pursuing her education. Six years later, she became a New York Life agent, and two years after that, achieved President’s Council. Wendy went on to become the first African-American woman to serve on the Agents Advisory Council—an elected position at New York Life’s Headquarters.