Well, let's see, I guess we can just start at the beginning. I was born and raised in a small town in Northern California. My mother a French teacher, My Father a 6th grade Art teacher, now a sculptor.
I've always had a taste for art, culture, and the world, and when I was in high school I had high hopes of become a world renowned fashion designer. (I know what does this have to do with being a nanny? Nothing. Just bare with me it's part of the story.)
When it came time to choose a college however I faltered a bit and decided to go in for a communications major at a private christian school in Southern California. I don't count this as a mistake at all, because it lead me to find a great friend, who, while working on a student film project (I did costumes she did production design) convinced me to go to fashion school.
So then I went.
I attended the Fashion institute of design and Merchandising of Los Angeles. and the two years I spent there were the most inspiring and life changing years of my life so far. not necessarily because of the classes, or even that particular school. Those were great, but it was more because of the amazing friends I had in that particular time of my life, when everything was changing.
This december I finished school, my lease was up, I didn't have a real job, and so like any reasonable person I went to Paris.
In my imagination I pictured myself showing up on the doorstep of the House of Chanel and instantly landing an internship, gradually working my way up to being Karl Lagerfeld's first assistant next in line for the crown.
but, seeing as this is the real world and not the world inside my head, that didn't exactly happen.
At this point in time I have realized that the only way I can be in France for an extended period of time, is to be a nanny. This is not exactly a fate worse than death. I love kids and even though it may feel like a very winding road to where end up in life, I am actually really looking forward to the experience that awaits me.
and thats my schpiel. so now you know where I'm coming from.
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