Before registering to The Art Institute of Tampa of Interior Design, I had tried a number of time consuming professions, and in the way lost my true self. First, I worked for a real estate company after receiving my state license, and soon after, Lee County became the number one county in the entire U.S. for foreclosures. So that didn't last long.
I knew I wanted to help people live a better life, "including myself" so my next journey came to me from my boyfriend at the time, and that was to learn how to build a good future investment plan, and by that I mean, learning and studing life insurance and annuities. Create an investment for my future family to take with them, was the goal. With that came the opportunity to also teach other families how to create "family wealth". I took the state test, and received my license to go sell life insurance and feel good about myself, right...wrong! I was bored out of my mind.
So here I was with all this money invested into our state and I was still broke! Life then took a turn after that. I decided I needed to create, and invest my time into something more hands on, something that I can still do to make people live a better life, but be more involved at the same time. After talking to my best friend, "a.k.a my sister" she pushed me to follow my true love...creating a piece of art. I already had my two year degree in art, so why not invest more in myself and sign up for another two years of college, at the age of 28??
Now, moving on the way up to my 30's, I can proudly say, when looking at my rendered drawings of a space I created, I see a piece of art that is evidenced based to help people enjoy their lives. We spend most of out time in buildings, so why not make them worth walking into, why not design to live a better life.
