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9/6/2024 News Article

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For the 7𝒕𝒉 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ π’Šπ’ 𝒂 π’“π’π’˜, CEO students have been gifted the opportunity to meet and learn from Rachel Hill Gierich, Owner of Rachel Gierich Photography. Rachel's ...For the 7𝒕𝒉 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ π’Šπ’ 𝒂 π’“π’π’˜, CEO students have been gifted the opportunity to meet and learn from Rachel Hill Gierich, Owner of Rachel Gierich Photography. Rachel's ...For the 7𝒕𝒉 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ π’Šπ’ 𝒂 π’“π’π’˜, CEO students have been gifted the opportunity to meet and learn from Rachel Hill Gierich, Owner of Rachel Gierich Photography. Rachel's ...For the 7𝒕𝒉 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ π’Šπ’ 𝒂 π’“π’π’˜, CEO students have been gifted the opportunity to meet and learn from Rachel Hill Gierich, Owner of Rachel Gierich Photography. Rachel's ...

For the 7𝒕𝒉 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ π’Šπ’ 𝒂 π’“π’π’˜, 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?

πŸ“Έ Always be looking for π’π’‘π’‘π’π’“π’•π’–π’π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’†π’” 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’ˆπ’“π’π’˜π’•π’‰
πŸ“Έ You must be willing to be flexible and sometimes that means pushing yourself π’π’–π’•π’”π’Šπ’…π’† 𝒐𝒇 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’„π’π’Žπ’‡π’π’“π’• 𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒆
πŸ“Έ Sometimes, you have to π’•π’‚π’Œπ’† 𝒂 π’“π’Šπ’”π’Œ to purse your passion
πŸ“Έ Social media can be a great tool, but it can become a fast money pit. Spend sparingly and 𝒃𝒆 π’”π’Žπ’‚π’“π’• 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’‰π’†π’.
πŸ“Έ When you can π’†π’—π’π’Œπ’† 𝒂𝒏 π’†π’Žπ’π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’‡π’“π’π’Ž π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’„π’π’Šπ’†π’π’•π’”, 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!