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Candy Carson and Ben Carson with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush in 2008. Lacena "Candy" Carson (née Rustin; born August 19, 1953) is an American author and businesswoman. She is married to former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and retired neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson and co-founded the
Aug 27, 2020 · Candy Carson, also known as Lacena Carson, is a former Yale student, violinist, author, and founder of the Carson Scholars Fund. She has been married to Ben Carson for nearly 45 years and supported him in his career and education.
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- Carson is a Musician. Candy Carson, 67, is musically inclined. According to The Hill, she studied classical violin and received a scholarship to Yale University.
- Mrs. Carson Was a Triple-Major at Yale University. After being accepted to Yale on a scholarship, Carson took on three majors: music, pre-medicine and psychology, according to the National Review.
- She Co-Authored 4 Books With Dr. Carson. Carson has written three books with Dr. Carson: the New York Times bestseller One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America’s Future, America the Beautiful, A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties and A Doctor in the House: My Life With Ben Carson, according to Amazon.
- Ben Carson Said He & Candy Carson Were Destined to Be Together After Near-Fatal Car Accident. Dr. Carson said he knew Candy Carson was the one for him after they had a near-death experience during their courtship.
Dr. Ben & Candy Carson. 5,370,165 likes · 12,711 talking about this. Official Facebook page of Dr. Ben Carson.
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Lacena " Candy " Carson (née Rustin; born August 19, 1953) is an American author and businesswoman. She is married to former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and retired neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson and co-founded the Carson Scholars Fund. Alongside her husband, she is the co-author of four books.
- Being the wife of a renowned neurosurgeon is not easy: she used to bring him dinner at 2 a.m. during his residency, moved to Australia while five months pregnant so Ben could start another job, and jokes that she often has to say things three times to make sure he’s listening.
- Candy recounts being alone so much that the Church she attended wondered if she was making her husband up (and the pastor actually went to check that Dr. Carson existed to make sure she wasn’t unstable.)
- Her upbringing in Detroit – which she characterizes as a ghetto – informed her for the rest of her life. When the family was robbed, Candy nearly refused to identify her belongings for fear of having to ride in the back of a squad car.
- Ben was passionate about community service; when accepting new jobs, he negotiated to ensure he had time to continue speaking at schools. To combine family time and those speaking events, the whole family joined in on these trips.
Lacena “Candy” Carson wanders around the basement family room of her Georgian-style, Baltimore County estate—hammer in hand—performing an extremely familiar task: She’s tacking up plaques and prizes belonging to her husband, Dr. Ben Carson, the internationally-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon.
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