Amye Compitello spent years working from home, talking to her dogs. She loved her career in her family’s insurance business, serving emergency responders alongside them. But something was missing.

A former teacher who spent time in Tuckerton classrooms before the family business pulled her in another direction, she never quite lost her instinct to engage, explain and bring people together. Working from home has its perks. “But I think I lost a piece of myself,” she said.