about

I started as an intern Instructional Designer when I was just 20 years old, a junior in college, and eager to find a job that wasn't making smoothies (freshman year) or redundantly filing papers (sophomore year).  The job was a step up and seemed a great fit for my English/Writing double major.  I didn't know what I wanted to do post-college, so when a full-time position opened up for me, I jumped at it.  I liked my job, I loved my team, and I thought it could be a good fit until I figured out what I really wanted to be when I "grew up."

Fast forward 11 years and I'm still an Instructional Designer with the same team (although all new team members).  I still love my team.  I still like my job.  I still don't know what I really want to be when I grow up, but I know that I love the flexibility that ID work affords me (mainly that I can work full-time, primarily from home, and thus still be a very active mom and wife).  I've worked in three different LMS (and been a part of two migrations), I've helped spearhead a Quality Matters initiative, I've been a part of the development and establishment of a course development process and standardized templates.  I'm reluctant to call my work a career, as it feels like a commitment I'm still not ready to make, and to name myself as an Instructional Designer, because I often still feel like a green-behind-the-ears intern.  All the same, here I am, and maybe, whether I'm ready to acknowledge it or not, I have more to offer to the Instructional Design field than I think.