Im one of the few Cherizza’s on the internet - guessing that’s how you found me! I’ve been working for 10 years now and have had a really interesting career. I started at one of the big Fortune 50 companies and moved my way up to managing a huge global program. Till I burned out and decided to quit. I went from a 106K person company to.. 12 people. A non-profit at that. There I learned how to really write and started to write more frequently. A little bit of that writing is featured here. I wanted a bigger company so moved on to a 40 person company as a Chief of Staff and eventually VP. Then, I quit again with no plan. That’s where you find me now.

Throughout my career, I have always been keen on learning, experiencing and sharing everything I learn with others. The idea for this blog was inspired by random strangers on CalTrain asking me what I did for my career and explaining my career path. These conversations led to me dolling out tips. The same tips I’ve given my friends for years. I’m a little wiser now and am finally sharing my tips with the masses. Congrats friends! You got me to do this.

The boring stuff: I now live in Delaware/Washington, D.C. I’m an alum of Michigan State University and love spending time with my dog Bogue (yes, he’s named after a street at MSU), eating good food, wine tasting and cracking jokes. #GoGreen