GapQuest: Gap Year Experience is a holistic, residential, working gap year program designed for recent high school graduates to acquire work experience, gain independence, develop sound financial habits, and build social & professional connections, located in Toledo, Ohio. Learn more at gapquest.org and achisolutions.comI serve as the Executive Director and on-site Resident Advisor/Program Manager. I guide our young adult gap year students through an 11-month journey that involves apartment living, paid co-op work experience, weekly professional development workshops, and individual mentoring and coaching.

Designed a framework, conducted research, and facilitated focus groups with high school seniors, educators, and businesses to help create a career-focused gap year program.

Interim Business & Marketing Instructor and Interim Advisor for Business Professionals of America. I taught the following courses to High School students:Professional & Technical SalesBusiness FoundationsDigital Marketing & DesignCareer-Tech Business Management ICareer-Tech Business Management II

I owned and operated a private Divorce Mediation practice in Sandusky, Ohio from 2019-2023. I helped couples negotiate their own peaceful dissolutions outside of the traditional court process. I provided the following services: Neutral Evaluation, Divorce & Dissolution Mediation, Equitable Property & Debt Mediation, and Child & Spousal Support Mediation.

Provided comprehensive home education for my two sons through high school graduation and led a local homeschooling co-op

1 year in Vocational Supervision10 years in classroom teaching