Just tell us a little bit about your business and what kind of things looked like before you started with me.

So I have been in business since 2023, or I guess, like, as when I, like, made my business official was 2023, and I started with seniors.

And then got kind of thrown into the wedding industry.

I had a friend that needed me to cover a wedding for her when I started my business one month in.

I didn't even have the equipment or gear or anything, so she let me borrow her camera and flashes and everything, and I watched, like, four hours of YouTube videos and just kind of, like, rolled with it.

Um, so that was, like, how I got thrown into the industry.

I feel like everybody kind of, like, has a story like that.

... just trying to, like, kind of continue to, like, figure everything on your own?

Okay, and then what do you think is the biggest transformation or breakthrough that you've had from being in the program or attending the retreat?

So I would say my biggest breakthrough is actually understanding marketing.

So when I think about what this program has given me, it's helped me identify problems and create solutions.

So not only do I know what I'm doing, maybe wrong or that I can change, but then through this program, I get a literal solution on how to implement it in my business.

And as far as the retreat, I've never been one to like be interested in styled shoots.

I've never done them.

So I was so nervous and it was so much fun.

How has this experience been different from other investments or education that you've done? This kind of goes back to the first thing I've,