For the 7𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒘, CEO students have been gifted the opportunity to meet and learn from Rachel Hill Gierich, Owner of Rachel Gierich Photography.

Rachel's entrepreneurial journey sparked from a passion she discovered exploring one of her hobbies; photography! With a lot of passion and hard work, Rachel eventually left her position as a school psychologist to run her business full time.

Her advice for our young entrepreneurs?

📸 Always be looking for 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉
📸 You must be willing to be flexible and sometimes that means pushing yourself 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒆
📸 Sometimes, you have to 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 to purse your passion
📸 Social media can be a great tool, but it can become a fast money pit. Spend sparingly and 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏.
📸 When you can 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, that is something truly special.

From our professional headshots to hosting us at her beautiful studio, Rachel’s gift of time, advice and talent to our students and program is truly incredible. Rachel, we sincerely appreciate you!