Nicole Harper Rawlins is a respected woman in Los Angeles’s business world.

She and her sister, Kerri Harper-Howie own 24 McDonald’s restaurants throughout Los Angeles County, building a business empire one restaurant at a time.

A dedicated community developer, Harper Rawlins, will be honored at the Los Angeles Urban League’s 50th anniversary Whitney M. Young, Jr. Awards and Celebration on June 11 at the Skirball Cultural Center.

Harper Rawlins, 53, who went through the McDonald’s franchise training program for owners before helming her first McDonald’s in 2007, will receive the Trailblazer Award for entrepreneurship.

The sisters’ fast-food story began in the 1980s, when their mother, Patricia Williams, owned a franchise.

Initially, neither sister opted to follow in their mother’s foo

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