Start Somewhere

I found my passion through pursuing what makes me smile. I think the most interesting thing is that I started in a job that everybody thought I was crazy to take because it didn't pay anything. And I always had this connection to food and I wanted to move to San Francisco, two things seemingly unrelated. I lived in Arizona, and I just kept telling my family "I'm moving to San Francisco." And a week before college graduation, Williams-Sonoma came to campus and interviewed and they said, "Yeah, if we hire you, it'll be for a training program for no money. And you'll start in our retail stores." And I said, "I don't care. It's going to get me to San Francisco." A week later, I got a phone call saying, "Come to San Francisco." My parents weren't so on board, asking me, "What are you doing? You're going to work in a retail store?" But it turned out to be the most amazing training! I learned about all of the products. I learned how to choose knives and cookware, and I'm laughing because I...