My Passion...

In 2008 I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to Rwanda, Africa that forever challenged my worldview and purpose in life.


Like others before me, I was somewhat apprehensive about journeying halfway around the world. But I felt certain that if I dared to go, I might just make a difference. I was not disappointed but definitely a little surprised.

Not only did I make an impact in the lives of those I met, but they made a profound difference in my life as well. It was an awakening. An awakening to the difference one life can make in the world. Not just overseas but in the lives of those encountered everyday, everywhere.

During my African experience I reflected on my life as a 22 year old woman with little experience in the work force and observed that leaders learned best from shared experiences. Powerful life-changing principles were caught not taught. Seminars, books and conferences certainly have there place but experiences brought about meaningful and lasting change.

I am confident I am not alone in this thought and did not have to look far before I saw other leaders who had begun the journey at a young age and were already asking, “Is this all there is?” I was not the only one who was disappointed early that this is what life had to offer. What I found is that there were other young leaders who could not help but wonder how they might use their success and influence at a young age to make a significant difference in the lives of others.

Fast forward to two years later in another journey to the Philippines in which the only words to describe what I was a part of is “life altering”.

What I have learned is that true success includes significance. Success without significance is really not success at all. But success need not be forfeited or exchanged in order to find significance. Rather, success could be used as a catalyst for significance as leaders use their lives to influence individuals, families, companies, communities, cultures, nations and the world!
My dream is to spend the next 100 years traveling the world, to make a lasting impact on the people I come into contact with and lead a life of significance.