I’ve never had a “normal” path and I wouldn’t want one. My career hasn’t followed a straight line and that’s my superpower.
I started out as a special education teacher, then moved into corporate and tech, where I served as Director of Operations but quickly realized the ladder wasn’t for me.
Along the way I’ve built schools, streamlined systems, trained teams on tools they swore they’d never understand, and kept dozens of projects alive at once.
I built GYST to do what corporate never could: cut the crap, have systems that work in the real world, and keep business alive without burning people out.
being "business as usual" was never my thing.
This woman is my grandmother, who ripped apart a man’s suit to make her own, ran a beauty shop in the south for 60+ years, and lived to be 100.
Breaking rules runs in the family.
shit i love
1. my morning fuel of choice is:
A) Coffee strong enough to power a small city
B) A Diet Coke, don’t judge
C) Cold leftover pizza from yesterday
D) Whatever I can grab before 9am
2. If you catch me off the clock, i'm probably:
A) With my family, trying to keep up with real life
B) Writing about the patriarchy on Substack
C) Teaching hip hop and ignoring my inbox
D) All of the above
3. a fun fact about me you never would have guessed:
I once danced in front of Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Mel B and Howie Mandel on America's Got Talent with a hip hop mom's group.
