As a life-long visual artist, my first career was in the arts. I managed retail art galleries and spent 10 years as the director of a college art gallery. My career change "aha!" moment came after many satisfying years when I realized that the most rewarding part of my job was working with my interns and work study students.

I loved coaching them, helping them to brainstorm ideas and ways to navigate their academic careers and personal lives. I began my master’s degree and started steering my life in a new direction. From the first course I took in career counseling, I was hooked!

After graduating, I started working a part-time role as a professional academic mentor in addition to running the art gallery. It was a wonderful way for me to "prototype" my new career. From that point on, I never looked back. 

I moved on to work as an academic advisor at Granite State College, which gave me a deep understanding of the academic process and the importance of academic advising as part of the career planning process. While working in that role, I proposed creating a career services department and after 5 years of writing proposals, I succeeded. Career Services at Granite State College was launched. I became the college's Director of Career Services, career counselor and instructor for the Career Development and Life Planning course that I created.

Granite State College serves non-traditional working students of all ages, so I was able to work with individuals from 16-65 who were at all stages of the career development cycle. Because of this, I have deep experience working with all types of career issues from finding a new position, advancing within your chosen field, or even reframing your thinking to love your current job again. I loved every minute of my work at GSC, but opening Career Clarity New England will allow me to serve a wider variety of people and take my work to the next level.

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