From a very young age I knew that my career was going to be a huge priority in my life. My mum ingrained that need in me when she was reading me bedtime stories. “Masha, promise me that you will work hard and always have a career” - she asked me almost every night before I fell asleep. Let’s just say it worked.

Fast forward a couple of decades, I was working at Google. At my dream job, with a dream team. Everything was wonderful except for one minor detail: I wasn’t happy. My heart was elsewhere, it was across the Atlantic ocean with my then boyfriend (and now husband). I knew I needed to make a change and I did it: I left Google and joined a University in Colorado. 

My friends and family didn’t understand what I was doing and some even called me crazy for throwing my career away. It was then when I saw the stark disconnect our society has between focusing on one’s career and our overall happiness. Why can’t you do both? I somehow knew that I could grow my career diagonally, leveraging on my transferable skills and experiences - while bringing a fresh perspective to the new environment. I was confident that I was going to be able to communicate my value in any situation.

To this date I’ve worked at multiple tech startups, Google, a large university and as an entrepreneur. I understand all of those different environments and know how to navigate them. I have built a personal brand online, reinventing myself by communicating my value along the way as I changed directions. I’ve learned how to be strategic about my growth, identifying certain shortcuts and levers that lead to higher return on investment.

I want to help you do the same. I want to help you build a career that aligns with what makes you happy - and to help you communicate your value. Let me give you the tools that have assisted me along the way and teach you how to identify those strategic shortcuts to success.