After a decade of searching for my purpose, including living off-grid in the woods of Montana, teaching English in Nepal, and managing a War on Poverty program, I found my own career happiness fifteen years ago when I realized my strengths were in helping people see and live their potential.
I’ve now coached thousands of professionals as the Assistant Dean of the Career Center at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management and now as the Director of Career Services at George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School for Public Policy and Public Administration.
In 2014, I launched Career Happiness Coaching to share my expertise for building mission-driven careers within nonprofit, private, and public sectors. As a specialist in strength-based career development and job search strategies, I’ve had extensive training in advanced resume writing, social media profile writing, federal career coaching, positive psychology, MBTI and CliftonStrengths.
After all my adventures, including visiting over thirty countries and hitting bankrupt five times as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, I am now settled with my husband and twin daughters in a Maryland suburb outside of the Washington, DC area.
Credentials
Advanced Resume Writer; Career Directors International
Social Media Profile Writer (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter); Resume Writing Academy
Federal Job Search & Federal Career Coach, The Resume Place
Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), GS Consultants
Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology, The Flourishing Center
Certificate in Positive Psychology Coaching, Wholebeing Institute
BA, Rutgers University; Master's Degree, Public Policy and Management, University of Southern Maine
