Laura Young on Reinventing Her Career and Finding Freedom Through Travel

Thank you for having me.

Absolutely.

So you went through the travel MBA program in 2025, for the most part.

You probably started at the end of '24.

And you remind me so much of me [laughs] when I, you know, took this journey myself.

So you were in financial services, I believe-

That's right

... before you, you changed careers.

You're also a wife.

You're also a mom to three kids.

So talk to me about that decision-making process before you took this leap.

What made you think of coming this way, and how did you find this path?

Yeah.

Yeah, I, I do think we have a lot of similarities.

I remember in the jumpstart for those three days when you came in and talked about when you were in corporate, and you would go in every day, and it just like, you worked with great people, but it just didn't feel right.

And I remember crying in that session 'cause I was like, "This is, that's me." But I, I was in financial services for 20-plus years.

Great career.

I loved it.

I worked with incredible women.

I had amazing female bosses.

Like, everything was going good.

Like, I had-

Mm-hmm

...

I really had no complaints, but I got, just got to a point, I was approaching 40 last year, and I was like, "It, this is not serving me anymore." Every day I walk into work and I'm like, "This isn't what I wanna do.

Thank you for having me.

Absolutely.

So you went through the travel MBA program in 2025, for the most part.

You probably started at the end of '24.

And you remind me so much of me [laughs] when I, you know, took this journey myself.

So you were in financial services, I believe-

That's right

... before you, you changed careers.

You're also a wife.

You're also a mom to three kids.

So talk to me about that decision-making process before you took this leap.

What made you think of coming this way, and how did you find this path?

Yeah.

Yeah, I, I do think we have a lot of similarities.

I remember in the jumpstart for those three days when you came in and talked about when you were in corporate, and you would go in every day, and it just like, you worked with great people, but it just didn't feel right.

And I remember crying in that session 'cause I was like, "This is, that's me." But I, I was in financial services for 20-plus years.

Great career.

I loved it.

I worked with incredible women.

I had amazing female bosses.

Like, everything was going good.

Like, I had-

Mm-hmm

...

I really had no complaints, but I got, just got to a point, I was approaching 40 last year, and I was like, "It, this is not serving me anymore." Every day I walk into work and I'm like, "This isn't what I wanna do.