Life threw me a curveball when I became a teen mom at 16. While other kids were worried about prom, I was figuring out how to work and care for my son. That's when I discovered something that would shape everything: the art of hospitality.

I started bartending at places like Latin Quarter and Mr. Biggs in NYC — and I was good at it. Not just because I could mix drinks, but because I learned to read a room in seconds. I could anticipate what someone needed before they even knew they needed it. I understood that every single touchpoint mattered when creating an experience people would remember.

That hospitality foundation? It became my secret weapon in everything that followed.

From customer service at Verizon to climbing the marketing ladder, I carried that "anticipate and deliver" mindset everywhere. Eventually, I found myself as a Global Marketing Director, teaching digital marketing to over 25,000 business owners annually and managing multimillion-dollar budgets for events with 25,000+ attendees.

But somewhere along the way, I realized my real gift wasn't just in the big corporate machine — it was in helping established women entrepreneurs show up online like the experts they are.