Sunshine & Smiles

I grew up in Vaughan, Thornhill to be specific. I had great friends growing up but was often envious of the popular crowd, never quite fitting in there. Case and point, I had the same childhood crush for 10 years. That never panned out, had a few minor relationships, but I met my (now) husband when I was 18 years old and can’t picture my life without him. I call him the summer fling that never ended! My childhood consisted of a lot of pets. Everything from a lizard to a rat, my younger brother ;) and cats & dogs in between. I became allergic to cats and dogs at about 12 years old but couldn’t part with them. So I had pets until about 2 years ago, but then my kids wore me down and I agreed to hamsters. They are named Chip & Potato.

My parents who are still married and always worked together as entrepreneurs were strong role models for me. When I graduated from the University of Waterloo, I worked for them in large Trade Show and Conference event planning. I went from there to starting my own company doing publicity, which I learned I did not like (although I was very good at) because I get nervous cold calling for sales purposes. I learned I am less anxious doing operational, customer service-style activities than trying to meet other people’s sales goals.

The excitement I get from being onsite at large scale events always gives me a great rush. I still get equal joy out of my last two smaller planned events… a Hamster’s 1st Birthday Party and my daughter’s Harry Potter themed 9th birthday :)