My Path

I was born and raised in Bulgaria, spending time hiking, playing the violin, studying languages, and generally being a tomboy.

As a teenager, I moved with my family to Boulder, Colorado, where I focused on being a nerd with a side of skiing, tennis, and photography. I got my degree in aerospace engineering and spent a couple of years working on the Space Shuttle program in Utah so I could forever introduce myself as a rocket scientist.

I moved to Seattle to work on commercial airplanes at Boeing, first designing them and then marketing them to airlines. I enjoyed the challenges of my work and at the same time, I knew that my passion lay elsewhere.

After a decade in the corporate world, I left to find my calling. A realization that I am passionate about people, not products, led me to my coaching career. Now I get to use my curiosity, intuition, love of humans, and listening to support people through their own transformations at Coach Moxie, as a leader at Accomplishment Coaching, and as a Core Guide at Chief. I am a Professional Certified Coach, a credential given by the International Coaching Federation.

I love living in the vibrant city of Seattle, surrounded by gorgeous mountains and waterways. When I am not working, I am most likely out adventuring (hiking, climbing, skiing, traveling) or snuggled up under a warm blanket listening to the rain. I live with my husband Ryan and our annual crop of tomato plants.

Coach Moxie

To me, moxie is the intersection between courage and fun.

Courage is a running theme for me – the courage to leave one career and start a new one, the courage to say the bold thing (to my family, to my husband, to my clients, to my friends), and the courage that I want my clients to step into as they transform the world.

And fun? Well, fun is an essential part of my life. Without fun, what’s the point?

Education

Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado – Boulder

Certificate of Sustainable Business, Bainbridge Graduate Institute (now Presidio Graduate School)

Coach Training Program, Accomplishment Coaching

Coach Training Programme, Climate Change Coaches