WHO IS LARAGEORGINE

Lara Georgine is a multi-passionate creativepenuer, who has always had her hands busy and her mind analyzing. Ever since she can remember she has had crayons, pencils, markers and paper by her side so she could draw and take notes of her observations While sitting in her den during the shut-down, surrounded by her paints and paper Lara had the opportunity to hit the pause button on a life that was running her so she could recalibrate, recreate her boundaries, and reconnect with her former self so that she could outline where and what she wanted next, designing the steps she needed to get there.

Born in the mid-west, Lara, the youngest of three children, ended up moving to the east coast when she was 5. She’s lived most of her life in New York and Pennsylvania and after graduating college and moved to NYC, living both in Brooklyn and Manhattan while working in the garment district as an assistant designer, and as a print and pattern designer for various companies Eventually, she made the transition into graphic design working in marketing and PR

“A lot of who I help today is based on the transition from my years of being a careeroriented woman to a mother Shortly before having my first child, my husband and I relocated for a position I wanted.

After my son was born, I was really lonely I didn’t have any friends going through the same experiences at the time, and it felt isolating I love being a mom, and I loved that I could go back to work until the reality of going back happened for a role that I could have done from home ”

Returning to work, with the required long hours and extreme commute led Lara to a situation where she was looking for new employment while carrying her second child Interviewing, commuting and being a mom while carrying was a lot physically and emotionally “It was a hard time My ego was beaten up, and my self-confidence was almost non-existent I had never thought I would be in the situation of interviewing 9 months pregnant and looking across the table at two people whose eyes were asking me why I was there wasting their time (for a remote position) and it hurt. I also knew they couldn’t fathom doing more than the job, and I know in the end I didn’t get the role because I wasn’t meant to.”

Lara freelanced between Philadelphia and NYC over the next couple of years before finding a new full-time role, giving birth to her third child and being granted to work remotely for a few years after moving.

“When I parted with the company it was hard, a second hit to my ego and self-confidence. I was very fortunate that a woman heard about my situation and helped me get back up and on my feet. She hired me as a freelancer to be the graphic design department and social media manager. We worked together for 5 years, which taught me so much about connection through body language. There is also so much more to the way that we carry ourselves, and as a person who has always been behind-the-scenes, from painting the backgrounds for school plays to designing websites, social media content and posts, to email communication design etc. I never paid much attention to how I carried myself and how that affected my wants and needs in the workplace