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DES PLAINES, Ill.—After Shelley Kim, OD, graduated from Illinois College of Optometry, she, like many other independents, never really planned on opening her own practice. But, in April of 2002 she did exactly that, opening Best Vision Optometry in Des Plaines, Illinois, inspired, mostly, by her desire to spend more time with her sons. At the time, her youngest son was just nine months old, and owning her own business while raising her kids “worked out in a way that the boys grew up more mature and independent at earlier age,” Emily Alpizar, Best Vision’s office manager, told Vision Monday. Read More