Hello! My name is Jillian. Welcome to my new blog. I live in the Southwestern Denver Metro area. However, I was born and raised in the South Side of Chicago. I have a Bachelor’s in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and a Master’s in Taxation from the University of Denver (DU). I passed the CPA exam, old school, on the first try and continued to practice in public accounting for approximately 12 years.
Up until I met my husband, my career was my life. However, love makes your life take many turns. And in 2006, my life started to turn in a different direction. We married in 2010 and had our first child in 2012. I will never forget the agony I felt in trying to decide whether to continue on with my career or to become a stay at home mom. As with many other women out there, my heart won and I gave up my career for that cute little bundle of joy. I just simply could not leave her in the hands of anyone else. I went on to have three more children. That’s right! We had four beautiful and amazing children in five years. What can I say, they are all adorable!
I then found myself in the position many other women have found themselves in. I am a busy mom with amazing qualifications, looking for a new career. I found myself no longer interested in going back to a career in public accounting, where I knew I would work several hours a day and not see my children enough.
