After a successful but unfulfilling 7 year stint as a marketing director in a Fortune 200 company, Valerie Young has spent the last 15 years as the Dreamer-in-Residence at ChangingCourse.com – an online resource she launched to help other people take the leap from having a boss to being their own boss.
Valerie is an expert on how people can turn their interests into income so they can start profiting from their passions.
Valerie teaches people how to get paid to brainstorm. To date, over 150 people from around the world have taken her training program on how to become a Profiting From Your Passion Career Coach.
She is an internationally-known speaker, and her career change tips have appeared in major publications including The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur magazine, Woman’s Day, The Boston Globe, and The Chicago Tribune to name a few. In addition, her articles have appeared online at some mega sites like MSN, iVillage, and Careerbuilder.com.