✨As an event professional, I had one of the world's most exhilarating jobs. I traveled worldwide, experiencing new cultures, meeting people, and building fabulous human-centered experiences. Often friends, family, and coworkers were envious of this seemingly glamorous lifestyle. I have lots of stories!!!

✨But, waking up post-pandemic, the world had changed. I had changed. The lines of work and life seemed to have blended, and something was off for me. Looking back, I was exhausted from years of cumulative stress, burnt out, and needed a break, time to reset.

✨I took a huge risk and joined the Great Resignation without a job, plan B, or an income. I quit. But life has a strange way of telling you to pay attention because shortly after that, things took an unexpected turn, with a life-changing year that led me on an unexpected journey.

My first job was selling shoes in the mall. I learned quickly that the more shoes I sold, the more commissions I could make, and I soon became the region's highest-paid employee. I was 14. This may be when my love for shoes started! Fast forward, with a degree in Clothing and Textile Design, I was going to be a buyer but decided to work for a tech company instead. I eventually ended up in sales, where I learned how to identify and solve customer problems. And guess what? They would buy from me! I started leading sales teams and, eventually, ran global sales and marketing moving up the corporate ladder. I lived in Massachusetts but worked in Silicon Valley, where technology was thriving, and I loved it. Until one day, someone quit, and the company's President asked me to help him figure out how to bring the sales organization together. A year later, I was hooked on a feeling after producing my first multiday event of 3,000. I saw the impact events had on how people felt, which was amazing and powerful. I realized that when we make people feel something, we can drive behavior and change the world. That reluctant "Yes" was the beginning of something incredible for me and my career.