Whether you’re just starting out, or if you’ve been in business for decades, sometimes you need someone in your corner who has been there, done that, and killed it.

I was a teen mom and college drop-out, working a minimum wage job, and struggling to put food on the table. I was miserable in my 9 - 5. But knowing my baby was crying from dropoff to pick-up in a government-funded daycare poured salt to my already-gaping wound. I knew that my baby deserved more. And that I deserved more.

I longed to be the mom who had it all and did it all - I wanted to be the SAHM who made the best damn cookies on the block, the mom who never missed one of their kids games, and the mom who was also a thriving business owner. I thought it was unattainable and a pipe dream. Until I made it happen.

Flashback to how it all started. In 2001, I remember falling in love with photography. As a junior in high school, I was taking photos on the OG camera of my generation, a Kodak disposable. I was taking photos of friends like they were on the cover of Cosmo, and needles to say, we got caught. When my mom found out, she jumped to my defense - she explained that photography was how I expressed myself and how I made other people feel good about themselves. From that moment, I knew what I was born to do.

Flash forward 20+ years (and about 78,432 “Ask Jeeves” searches about all-things-photography later), I went to a friend’s wedding with my husband, two-year old, and DSLR in tow. I started taking photos because I was excited - and little did I know that their hired photographer began shadowing me that night and shooting over my shoulder. Wedding guests noticed and convinced me to make the jump. The rest is history.

Since then, I have not only been an award winning portrait photographer with 10 consecutive 6-figure years(!!!) but I have also created and launched dozens of other successful businesses using the same strategy that started all back in 2001. By unapologetically going for it, I was able to make a 7-figure income and now I help other women do the exact same.