I know what it feels like to pivot, struggle, and reinvent yourself because I've been on both sides of the hiring table—as someone searching for their path AND as the recruiter making decisions about other people's careers.

For over 20 years, I navigated personal challenges, including mental health struggles, that shaped my belief in resilience and reinvention. At 31, I returned to school and earned my psychology degree from UC Irvine with a 3.93 GPA, proving that growth is nonlinear and there's no deadline for starting again. Recruiting became my calling. Then it all fell into place when I joined 6sense as their second U.S. talent hire and helped scale them from 150 to 1,300+ employees through hypergrowth. But here's what really opened my eyes: I met incredibly talented professionals who didn't know how to showcase their value. They had the skills but not the strategy.

Why I founded Star Compass Careers: I realized that careers aren't just about résumés—they're about confidence, clarity, and storytelling. And who better to teach you how to tell your story than someone who reviews hundreds of them every week?