After 10 years teaching first and second grade, this former educator found her next opportunity somewhere surprisingly familiar: a company behind a math program she had already used in her classroom. That experience helped her transition into an Implementation Manager role, where she learned tools including Jira, ClassLink, Clever, and Salesforce while supporting school districts across 36 states. But her career transition didn't end there. After more than four years, a layoff led to another difficult job search and eventually a new entrepreneurial chapter with Pace and Pages. <http://www.paceandpages.com/> In this episode of The Lane Switch Podcast, she shares how classroom experience translated into corporate work, the reality of career setbacks, and why teachers shouldn't overlook the products and skills they already know.