We are the creators of our own destiny.
And most of us are going to need time and space to build our unique path. Our kids included.
I've always been inspired by people who charted their own course. And for most of my career, I walked a version of the traditional one: built a successful corporate career, left to launch my own company, and learned a tremendous amount about what it takes to create something from nothing.
But as I watch my own two kids move closer to graduation, I can't ignore what I'm seeing. The path I walked, the one that felt reliable and even inevitable, doesn't look the same anymore. Kids can't afford to move out on their own. The job market is being restructured in real time by AI. A four-year degree no longer comes with the guarantees it once did. And I found myself consuming every podcast, every article, every resource I could find about the future of college and work, and still feeling like something was missing.
What was missing was someone who understood both sides: the very real anxiety parents feel, and the very real opportunity that exists if we're willing to think differently. I couldn't find that resource. So I decided to build it.
After a particularly long week of AI rabbit holes and doom-scrolling about the future of work, I started asking around at parent meetups. Just raising the question: what do you think about our kids' futures? About college, about what comes next? Every single one of them felt exactly what I was feeling: uncertain, overwhelmed, and quietly terrified of giving their kid the wrong advice. That was the moment I knew someone needed to lean in and actually help. So I decided it would be me.
Founder, Path Makers
My two kids couldn't be more different from each other, and from the teenager I was.
Watching them move toward their futures has made me want to be the most informed, most thoughtful, most useful guide I can be. Not because I have all the answers. But because I know what questions to ask, and I know how to help families find the answers that are right for them.
I also have first-hand experience with gap years and sabbaticals, not the Instagram version, but the real kind. The kind that requires you to set intentions, define what you're running toward, and actually do the inner work of figuring out who you want to become. I know how to build a year that isn't just time off. And I want to help your teen do the same.
I am a researcher by trade and have built a career leading research for corporations and investment firms. I know how to find and analyze data to make meaningful recommendations. Compiling the right resources to help other parents is so meaningful to me and I am thrilled to be able to share it.
Path Makers is bigger than any one story.
It's for every family that looks at the standard high-school-to-college pipeline and thinks: there has to be another way. There is. Let's find it together.
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