After 23 years in the real estate market, Barb Shulman decided it was time for a change. “When the opportunity to own my own cruise franchise came along, I said yes, and the story begins,” said the longtime cruise enthusiast, who has taken cruises around the world for the last 20 years with her husband.

Shulman specializes in ocean and river cruises, and also books for all-inclusive resorts and land tours.

“Tell me your dreams, and I will try to make them come true,” she said.

A self-described “young at heart” woman with more than 30 years of experience in sales, Shulman is a native San Diegan who likes to travel in style.

She has been involved in community affairs, and she and her husband help the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Lambda Legal and P-FLAG as much as possible.