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Ten years into my career, I sat down across from a hiring manager for the job I was convinced would change everything: higher salary, reputable company, the field I was dying to break into.
I had done the networking. Rewritten the resume. Taken the train into the city, found the right high rise, pushed 14 in the elevator, and put on a pencil skirt I will never wear again.
Her first question: "So, why are you here?"
I completely blanked.
What came out of my mouth was slightly more intelligent than "because I want the job,” but not by much.
Because the truth was, I knew what I didn't want AND I had no idea what I did want.
I couldn't connect my experience to where I was trying to go, because I had never actually decided where I was trying to go. I had done every tactical thing and skipped the only one that mattered.
So I did the real work.
Not the resume-and-LinkedIn version.
I got honest about the imposter syndrome I had been dragging around for years. I figured out what I actually wanted instead of what I was supposed to want. I found language for my strengths that felt true instead of performative.
And then I went looking for the job that matched.
It wasn't there.
So I quit.
I gave notice on the job I had worked 10 years to get, with no plan except to bet on myself.
I couldn't pretend everything was fine anymore. And I was terrified. So much of my idenity was wrapped up in that career- my friends, teh things I read, the way I saw myself. It was evyerhting. Then I looked at the people ahead of me on that path, and I knew: I didn't want what they had.
I started consulting on projects for former colleagues, using my master's degree in ways my 9-5 never allowed. I got to do the work I was actually good at, have a bigger impact, and finally have the freedom I had been starving for.
Within a year I knew I couldn't go back - not because I couldn't get hired - because I had finally built work around who I actually am.
What I built.
I quickly realized that consulting wasn't it either, so I kept going.
I built and scaled a tutoring company to seven figures, 23 employees and thousands of clients served. I still co-own it today.
In 2020 I launched my coaching business and I’ve never looked back.
All of this - while becoming a mother 2x - while being present for drop-offs, mystery reader days, and every last school closure.
Walking women through the decision to stop following someone else's script and start writing their own is my life's work. Helping them reconnect to who they are, what they want, and why it matters. Standing beside them while they transform, not just professionally, but as whole people.
It's the job I couldn't find. So I built it.
A little more about me
Grew a tutoring company to seven figures, 23 employees, thousands of clients served. Still co-owner.
Founded this coaching practice in 2020. Since then, more than 100 women guided through career pivots, business launches, and full-scale life transitions.
Coach clients through the decision to start a business: building the foundation, aligning the offer with their actual talents, and scaling to replace corporate income.
Keynote speaker on career transitions, deciding to build your own business, and finding your footing in a new chapter.
Hired, supervised, and mentored professionals across three Boston-area colleges.
Interviewed hundreds of candidates for more than ten companies, so I know exactly how the system you're standing in works.
Designed and facilitated leadership development programs for individuals, women's groups, and small companies.
B.A. Spanish and B.S. Education, Ohio University. M.A. Higher Education Administration, Bowling Green State.
Certified Professional Coach, iPEC.
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