As an educator and social service provider for over 20 years, I dedicated my career in educating children, families and individuals in personal development, while building their confidence and strengthening their lives. I was an Early Childhood Educator for over 10 years, I eventually moved into the social service field, supporting first time parents under the age of 21. When working with this population it was mostly about teaching them how to be accountable for their actions. I provided them with the opportunity to learn how to change their mindset and develop decision-making skills in navigating their next steps in their young lives. I supported their efforts in coming to terms with their life changes now that they were parents. I encouraged them to visualize their future goals, develop action plans that built confidence in learning time-management and the importance of personal development in all areas of their lives.

In years to come I became a Family Service Care Coordinator for a community-base program and worked closely with DCYF families. This was the position in my career where I found my true passion in helping individuals with creating lifelong changes in their lives. I would see people at their lowest and highest points, not valuing themselves enough to believe they could live the life they always wanted and overcoming obstacles to better future.

In this role, I began to understand my power of inspiring others by believing in their dreams and goals more than they did themselves. I valued their voice and thoughts; I was the voice of support that sadly many of them never had experienced. I found myself being a person that provided my clients with rediscovering their inner strength in self-realization. It made me realize that we need to meet people "where they are" meaning how they currently see themselves in their life's journey. Goal setting around personal and career development, understanding their resilience were just some of the foundations work I achieved with my clients. Most clients were able to manage their stress management, gained goal achievement and had a better understanding of their life's purpose.

I became a Domestic Violence Advocate not too long after working as coordinator, this position led me to meet many women that lost their way in their life's journey and once again I was the hope they needed. I was the person that provided a non-judgmental voice of their choices, while being their support in helping them get back on track to their personal transformation they longed for. Acknowledging and validating their needs during the most vulnerable time in their lives encouraged them to learn how to love themselves and build resilience in living a life of purpose and personal transformation.