Laurie Hopps - Melaleuca, Wellness Educator

I am a Wellness Educator passionate about helping families create healthier homes and stronger futures.  I teach simple, sustainable ways, to live well, and I connect people with tools that cam improve their health and their financial well-being.  I’m dedicated to empowering families through natural wellness solutions and opportunities for lasting financial freedom.  I represent Melaleuca.com, the largest online health and wellness company in North America, named in 2025 by USA Today as one of America’s most trusted brands.

I fell into this amazing opportunity about 13 years ago.  I used the products with no intention of doing it as a business (didn’t even realize initially that there was a business opportunity), but when I realized I could truly help people, I started referring people to the store.  And that’s our business model.  We don’t advertise, we’re not in stores, and since 1985, we’ve grown every year and are a debt free billion dollar company.  Not many large companies can say that.  That’s why we are able to keep our prices lower and put money back into the science of our products as we don’t have to pay shareholders.

Several years after my husband passed away from cancer at the young age of 46, I started researching and questioning all the products that I used in my home.  He had an aggressive form of cancer that we caught too late, but as much as I was careful with what he was eating, I didn’t take into account what he was breathing in regarding products we used, or what was being put on his skin.  He suffered from very dry skin from many months of radiation, and being that our skin is our largest organ in our body, it’s very important that we are informed about what we’re putting on it.  There’s so much more to Melaleuca than cleaning and skin care products (we have over 400 products – think the inside aisles of a grocery store), but these two lines are what made me realize, that I could make a difference in people’s lives.

I’m a happy Mom of two amazing children and a grandma to 4 adorable girls.  I love to read, play tennis and pickleball, and hang out with friends.