📖 Humble Beginnings
"When I grow up, I want to wear a gabardine and support myself." As a child, my idea of success was simple: independence and a stylish gabardine. Decades later, I've achieved independence, but I've realized that gabardines aren't quite my style.
I come from a low/middle-class family. My mother was the first in our family to earn a university degree. My grandfather worked in the merchant marine, and my grandmother held multiple jobs even after retirement. Hard work and dreams have always been part of our lives.
At age 9, I started selling small handmade clay decorations and scoobie strings to friends at school and church. Earning 18 euros was my biggest achievement at the time — and I was overjoyed.
"If you can dream it, you can do it."
Following my passion for online gaming communities, I got into the digital world through SEO and research. I LOVE optimizing things: spotting gaps, connecting people, building solutions. Even though I'm not the most social person in the room, I find joy in bringing the right people together and improving processes to build opportunities for growth.