Coming to my fifth year in the industry, with a growing understanding that our role is to help people articulate their dreams and have the courage to live fully.

I came into teaching looking to help others grow and discover themselves. I left achieving that, and also discovering who I was. I love teaching. It allows you to change people's lives. I developed techniques to help students learn to learn. I had opportunities to lead teams to achieve goals. I was given a free hand to develop strategies to improve outcomes. I left teaching after a season of discovery. I left teaching because I felt it was time to leave; my task there was complete. I wanted to continue to empower people, but in a different arena.