Successful sales professional with a passion for the written word and a hunger for the unknown. Growing up in a small Midwest town in the heart of Kansas, I was always peppering my family with questions – what, when, how? And it is exactly this curiosity that took me around the world and across the country. Yet, I still find myself looking out the window of my pre-war NYC apartment and wondering, is this it? 

You see, I was 15 when I started scooping ice-cream for a proper paycheck, and as soon as I was 16, I worked 40+ hours a week. Often, I held two jobs just to make ends meet. Now, two post-graduate degrees later, I live a beautiful life in NYC, and that paycheck-to-paycheck grind feels like a lifetime ago. 

As incredible as my life is, one thing is still missing: expansion. So, with the help of many friends and mentors, I realized that I had to take this risk because I know that there is more to my life than pushing products. Don’t get me wrong. I love Sales and my life in  NYC and I look forward to my return to this magical place that bustles through the night. But, there’s a book to be written, a life to be lived, and a world to be experienced.  Most of all, 

IF NOT NOW, WHEN? 

Join me on my journey from the corporate world to an indeterminate sabbatical through South America. I hope my experience inspires you to take risks, to leap, and to dare to do. If nothing else, may my nerdy humor and insatiable curiosity bring a smile to your face.