Growing up in an entrepreneurial-spirited family, combined with my vast experiences in the professional world, I have successfully built my freelance business working with clients that I love and doing work that I am proud of. For the last seven years, I have worked on a 90% referral basis, and there has been no shortage of work over the years. I work hard and I love my life a wife, mother, business owner and human! A true optimist at my core. Integrity, charisma, determination, and joy…those are a few words that describe me well.

Maybe a little sassy too, but who doesn’t love a little of that?

My dad, a very successful entrepreneur, always told me that everyone should experience serving tables to really understand what “hard work” feels like. I got married and started a family back in 2004, and that is when my professional career started out in the multi-family housing industry, working as a leasing consultant for property management companies in the Twin Cities metro area. I thought that serving tables would be the most gruelling work I would experience in my life…but I was wrong. Leasing is grueling work for very little pay. 

In 2011, I moved on to greener pastures when I was recruited by a brand-new social media marketing firm out of Minneapolis. I spent a lot of time talking with small business owners about the power and value of social media and guerrilla marketing, as well as the importance of online presence in today’s world. It was a tough sell back then, with the baby boomers representing about 90% of the brick-and-mortar businesses in my area. Sadly, this little start-up company that I was so excited about didn’t last long as we found we were a little too ahead of the game back then. It shut down about two years later, but we all learned a lot about business dos and don’ts, and I had all kinds of new tools in my toolbox when it came to online marketing, branding, and sales.

Upon being laid off, like most people back then, I tried my hand at direct sales and became an independent consultant with a very large MLM selling health and wellness, skincare, and cosmetics. I figured it was a temporary gig, but when it exploded out from under me, it quickly became a booming business that launched me to the very top level of the company. It was such a great opportunity that fit my life perfectly for several years, but I came to realize after a good chunk of time that despite my huge success and financial gain, I really desired a way to work from home during the daytime while my kids were at school so that I can show up for my family more fully while being a full-time provider in the evenings and on weekends.

So I knew it was time for change, and thus Wheelhouse VA was born.

I live in Houston, Texas with my husband Nathan of 21 years and together we have four beautiful boys! My oldest two are currently playing football at Arkansas Tech University (D2) on both academic and athletic scholarships. My youngest two… they are well on their way to a remarkable future but that’s assuming we don’t screw them up along the way. Raising men is NOT for the faint of heart. Neither is being a business owner… but I wouldn’t have it any other way.