I talk to Litany Zenz, a Construction Project Manager at Turner Construction, and listen to her journey of finding the career that fit her best. Her initial thought was to go to school to be an architect, but after a real life experience of what that looked like, decided to shift gears and focus on construction management. Her love for people and always adapting to the project, the team, and the lessons learned aligned with what she was passionate about. Working as the design team's field expert requires that she interact with every person that it takes to make a project successful.

Reed Thompson joins me in this episode and discusses his journey into Architecture from his beginnings in rural Illinois and his parents instilling the original idea of going into architecture to design churches. He paired his love of design, foundations of art and sketching, and faith to complete his goal of becoming a church architect and specializing in Classical Architecture. His projects have community involvement and design becomes more than creating a pretty space, instead he talks about thinking through the "why" or intentionally designing a place to better other people's lives.

Interior Designer, Beth Metcalf, and co-owner of Snider & Metcalf Interior Design joins us for Episode 4. She relives the beginning steps to her career and the choices she has made to gain experience (even as a student ), increase her knowledge about products, and build relationships with people who turn into long-term clients. After the years she has spent honing her craft she has never been bored and a big part of that is always enjoying the ability to provide people a sense of home.

Episode 3 we dive into the life behind Landscape Architecture with Brandon Roos. Similar to my story, Brandon knew he wanted to be a Landscape Architect early on. Growing up he preferred outside, drew on graph paper, loved his grandma's greenhouse, and had an awareness for the spaces people inhabit. He continued to work through different experiences that allowed him to become not only a Landscape Architect, but project manager, and now partner of a firm. His definition of Landscape Architecture makes it clear that it is Living Breathing Design.

In Episode 2 we are joined by Chris White who tells the story of how he made it to Construction Project Management. His story has some twists and turns from changing degrees, changing careers, and moving cities. He looks back at what he has gained from every phase of his journey, his personal skill sets, and explains why that makes him a better Project Manager today. Even though changing course can be scary, Chris shows that it's never impossible.

Starting off with the first ever episode of the podcast! Who am I? Why am I here and starting a podcast now? What is my job? And how do I define architecture? I answer these questions and more all while explaining the inspiration behind this podcast, the passion I have for design, my personal journey that has led me to where I am today, and my hopes for this podcast. Let's see where this goes starting with Episode 1!