About ANDREA SMELY

Originally from Bratislava, Slovakia Andrea moved to Jacksonville in 2003. Speaking broken English she had to overcome her fear and work hard to learn the language quick. She started her career at Publix as a cake decorator and worked her way up to be a Bakery manager. This is where she mastered the art and value of outstanding and exceptional customer service. In 2011 their first child was born and they decided staying home and raising their children was a #1 priority. Thanks to her hard working and dedicated husband she was able to spent 6 amazing years home with their 3 kids. She always had passion for and wanted to work in real estate but was unsure about leaving her secure job at Publix. After staying home with her kids she took the leap , got her real estate license in 2015 , found a mentor that has been in business for 18 years and became his personal assistant. Andrea is exited about becoming a full time Realtor. She is hard working, honest, dedicated to always delivering an above and beyond home buying or selling experience for her clients. Andrea speaks fluent English, Slovak, Czech and understands Ukrainian, Polish and some Russian.