I'm originally from Concord, Massachusetts, and graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.S. in architecture. After moving back to Boston, I worked at an architectural firm for a few years but wasn't finding it satisfying. Then I took a chance and switched careers to be an AmeriCorps*VISTA with Massachusetts Campus Compact, spending a year working at Wentworth Institute of Technology. With my year of service completed, I was hired on at Citizen Schools, a national nonprofit focused on education reform, where I successfully implemented multiple org-wide business process systems.