Chief of Staff

I put off writing this bio for a while, but it’s actually given me the opportunity to see how far I’ve come. From a young age I was involved in sports. It gave me a way to stay busy, work hard and build friendships. I carried that competitive spirit with me through college where I was a part of a DII national championship basketball team at South Dakota State.

After college, I said adios to my degree in graphic design and started installing ceramic tile and hardwood floors with my dad. But I was still struggling to find my path, until I joined Velocity Sports Performance. Here, I built a part-time gig into a full-time career of seven years as a Director of Operations. During that time, I got my masters in sport management and always had this itch to get back to college basketball.

While my friends were getting married and having kids, I picked up and left all the comforts of home to start a new adventure in Kansas City. Here is where my growth journey began. I hit many rock bottoms after this move, but I can look back without a doubt and know that every single one of those experiences has made me who I am today, and I am better for it. I became my most authentic self. For some it was too much. For others, not enough. I lost friendships and relationships, but when I finally started walking that lonely path of choosing myself, I started to feel it in my soul when things were out of alignment.

Jump to the pandemic. We all had extra time for soul searching and for me it didn’t take long to realize that college athletics was no longer for me. I didn’t know what was next, but I knew I had to go. So, I quit my job, threw my stuff in storage, packed a car, and moved to Montana. I spent the next six months building glamping tents. Driving across the country for months when most people were stuck inside. I got to hike mountains, sand dunes and snow packed trails. I chased sunsets, mastered the art of driving a 26’ U-Haul and spent a lot of quality time with myself. Living what seemed to be my best life, I was still missing a sense of home.

After a month trying to find my next landing spot, I settled in Austin, TX. For no particular reason, other than to start fresh in a new city. What I saw for the next few years of my life was a slow, steady adventure in a new city. Boy, was I wrong. 

Now almost three years later, I’ve got four cross country moves, three full time jobs in three entirely different industries, six part-time gigs and one amazing relationship under my belt. I’m finally in the same city as my partner after 2.5 years of long distance. I started this amazing new role as Chief of Staff at Bloombase, which also happened to be the same day I lost my father unexpectedly. To say the past 10 years has been a roller coaster, is an understatement.

I know my growth journey isn’t over and I’ll continue to lean into courage over comfort. Life has thrown a lot at me, but I couldn’t be more excited to be exactly where my feet are. Every day, just riding the waves. We can do hard things.