My Story:
Entrepreneurship is in my blood; my grandparents were
landowners and owned sugar cane farms, and my father
had a successful career in real estate and hospitality. I
saw him build and operate his first hotel, and then scale
too many. As a child, I spent the occasional weeknights
helping my parents organize paperwork and weekends at
the hotel helping out. While my friends were on Spring
break with their families, mine were working.
So post undergrad I choose a different path. I selected a
career path that would give me a cushy salary and wonderful corporate benefits. I worked 10 years on Wall
Street and was successful, earning accolades and climbing
the corporate ladder. However, I felt like I was constantly
putting my personal life on hold for my job and torn in
between. Not understanding how to balance it all. How do
I have the successful job and have a personal life too?
I let my pressures at work impact my entire emotional
state. I didn’t feel like I was making a positive impact
to the world. I knew this needed to change. I decided to
reconnect with my interest in health and nutrition and at-
30
tended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
I started incorporating the things I was learning and
creating the balance I wanted in my life. I felt healthier
and great in my bod 丁%