A biology and psychology major planned to become a doctor but graduated in 2001 when med school applications surged and the job market collapsed. Instead, they spent over a decade consulting for a Fortune 100 company, then used those skills to open and run a restaurant. The unplanned path led somewhere they're glad to be.
What'd you want to do when you're a little girl? So people really don't know this about me, but I actually graduated with a science major because I wanted to be a doctor. Did you really? I did not even know that about you. I'm learning something new about you today. So I graduated with a biology psychology degrees, a dual majors with a minor in business. And then, you know, I, unfortunately life took a turn. I graduated a little after 9, 11. And so the economy was just in shit, to tell you the truth. And so what happens when people don't realize when the economy is down like that there's an over application amount for like med schools, law schools, because people aren't getting the jobs that they thought that they would be getting. And at the time I met my husband in college, we decided to go to Chicago. And to do that I, you know, I ended up, I grad and then I ended up leaning on my business minor. And then I spent over 10 years in consulting for like a Fortune 100 company before even pursuing the restaurant industry. And so I think what people don't also know is that because I was in the consulting world for over 10 years, I took those transferable skill sets and what I can do in the behind the scenes of my cafe. And I think that's another reason why it's had a good turnout, because I used my consulting skills for nearly everything. See, it's not the path I originally imagined, but from where I stand today, I wouldn't change it.
If your restaurant only works because you work 80 hours a week, it doesn't work.
