An engineering degree leads to a counseling career which leads to a YouTube channel that will get you into Harmonious.Balance. It's the butterfly effect, but for jobs. Johanna S shows us how she connec...

Georgia thru and thru. Pracademic. Superstar colleague. Yes, I’m talking about Dr. J, -  Joan Collier. An unexpected detour revealed that the pace of faculty life and the isolation wasn’t what she wanted. So she returned to higher educa...

Mother. Organizer. Public Servant. Academic Bridge Builder. These are just a few of the words that describe this episode's guest, Mytoan Nguyen-Akbar. A California girl, she found herself in the cold Midwest for graduate school. Many of her und...

An elementary school teacher at heart takes a detour to higher education. Noriko Milman held onto her love of teaching and found a university position where she could do just that. The pandemic threw a wrench into what had seemed like a rela...

Sometimes the decision to leave a job or career comes from a place of hope. My guess today, Miss Sandy, offers insight into what it feels like to know you're running toward something better. She enjoyed her job but wanted more. She charted a ne...