Relationship Builder

I am a teacher, a sculptor of young minds, and a relationship builder. I became a relationship builder after my father died when I was a sophomore in college. He was the single most important person in my life at that time and I felt completely lost when I lost him. The relationships that I had with my sister and my boyfriend helped keep me sane then and the development of relationship became my new hobby.

I rebuilt a once strained relationship with my mother in the months following my father's death. I reconnected with my best friend from middle school and gained three more best friends in doing so. I developed close ties with work colleagues and got to know my boyfriend's family better, which resulted in a glorious relationship with his cousin who soon became my closest confidant.

 By the time I graduated from college, I had wonderful relationships with my mother, sister, and four best friends. These relationship were fostered by mutually respect, love, and a willingness to care a little more about everyone else and a little less about oneself.

With that success of those relationship firmly under my belt, I built even more relationships. I gained a family in every country where I resided. I learned to be ok with my own vulnerability and I learned to ask for help. I also learned to give freely of myself, my time, and my belongings.

My relationships carried me through two heartbreaking break-ups, a career change, four year stint traveling the world, and an even more challenging move back to the United States.

I am a great teacher and a good leader because I am a relationship builder. You cannot teach without the ability to learn and you cannot learn without opening your mind. A good relationship allows you to feel safe in opening mind to new experiences and knowledge.