Ringing in birthday #25 PMP®️ certified! 🥳🍰

Consider this my excuse to eat double cake all week long 😂

Ok, now the sappy part:

When I started this journey back in January, I thought the biggest challenge would be learning the project management concepts and frameworks. But looking back, the biggest lesson I’m taking away is that growth often happens when we step into something before we feel completely ready. We have to be willing to keep showing up imperfectly, because we’re capable of doing hard things.

Four years ago, when I graduated with degrees in ESL education and Spanish, I never imagined project management would become part of my story. I moved to Colombia to launch an English program, and through that experience, I discovered that I loved the work happening behind the scenes — building systems, solving problems, coordinating projects, leading a team, and bringing ideas to life. The PMP was never part of a plan I had mapped out, but looking back, I’m grateful to see how each step along the way prepared me for this moment.

This journey also reminded me that there is never a perfect time to pursue a goal. There will always be busy seasons, competing priorities, and reasons to wait. This process was not picture-perfect. A lot of my studying happened after long workdays, from my bed, on the couch, and in the small moments I could find. It wasn’t always how I imagined it would look, but I learned that growth doesn’t happen when conditions are perfect — it happens when you choose to keep going anyway.

I’m incredibly grateful for my study group

, friends, and family who supported me throughout this journey, and for the way God has quietly guided my path in ways I never could have planned myself.

Cheers to continuing to learn, grow, and embrace the unexpected paths along the way. 🚀

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