An engineer turned entrepreneur with a passion for helping others find their right career path, one that will bring them a sense of satisfaction in life.

I've always loved connecting with people and being creative, and have always been fascinated with what motivates us to learn and work and the built and natural environment. Being an entrepreneur allows me to bring all of these interests together.

I get to do so many different thing and wear so many different hats and work with so many different organizations and people in different ages and career stages. I also like that there's no set path and that I get to be creative and design and create the path forward. As for my previous career in engineering, I look back and think wow! How amazing that I got to work on all these projects that people will benefit from for decades to come. In the professional world I think it's easy to get caught in the day-to-day and forget about the cool things you are building. Then it's very satisfying at the end of the job when you get to see the end result.

As an engineer my day typically involved emails, meetings with colleagues and team members, drafting designs, and collaborating with clients. As an entrepreneur it's been a lot of the same! In entrepreneurship I've gotten to practice reaching out to a lot of different types of people and enrolling people in ideas as well as fundraising, presenting, and pitching. I've also gotten to work with an amazing team.

That there are so many different career paths in engineering, that there are ample opportunities to be creative, and that engineering is an exciting field that needs more people of ALL types of people. Engineering is for everyone.

My engineering education was incredible training for tackling and solving problems, which has been very useful in my career as an entrepreneur as there are always problems to be solved. After engineering school you look forward to solving problems because that's when your skills come into play. Engineering also helped me understand that problems are opportunities and that if you continue to stick with a problem, work on it, and persist with it you will get to a solution.

Neither of my parents went to college so I relied on helping family friends and public school counselors to navigate the application process. Going to UC Davis, meeting new friends there, and studying engineering was a transformative experience that put me on a totally different path with so many amazing opportunities. I got to meet and work with lots of talented people and have a real and tangible impact on the world when I worked as a Civil Engineer. Now I get to help students navigate their early and formative career choices.

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I have found that the ability to work well with others on teams and communicate effectively have been the most important skill in my career both in engineering and as an entrepreneur.