Coach Joannie Jorczak

Mission:
The road to reaching our dreams is inevitably paved with ups and downs. I am committed to helping people create a vision for their lives. I am there for people in the excitement and accomplishment as well as during the time of set-backs and feelings of being stuck. The full-range of experience is so important in the process of our growth and strength. My mission is to help people live with purpose, and on purpose, in the victories and valleys, taking responsibility for their lives professionally and personally in order to be more joyful and fulfilled.

Bio: 
Joannie grew up in Ventura, California and attended undergraduate and graduate schools in California. Her work experience includes everything from sports, entertainment and activities coordinator on a resort in Guam to substitute teaching in primary and secondary schools to teaching public speaking and a career awareness course at the university level. Joannie also has also been an instructor at the American Language Institute in San Diego while she was in graduate school. Subsequently, she worked in Zurich, Switzerland for two years at Swiss Air, teaching everything from presentation skills and resume-building to testing their pilot candidates for English proficiency. Following life at Swiss Air, Joannie spent two years in San Francisco as a recruiter for finance and accounting professionals, filling positions for CFO’s to Entry Clerks and helping people in various stages of career transition. All of these different work experiences contribute to her true calling and passion for coaching people. She loves helping people figure out what’s next for them. She began in September 2002 and hasn’t looked back.
Interests: Marathon runner, collegiate and international basketball player, roller-blader, wife and mother of two amazing children.

Favorite Saying:
Be the change you want to see in the world.
~Mahatma Gandhi

Most Unique Opportunity:
Working in Switzerland as a trainer/teacher for Swiss-Air. I got to test the pilot candidates for English proficiency and teach the baggage claim guys basic grammar. They also contracted me out to businesses so I got to teach presentation skills at Coca-Cola and business skills to private bankers at Credit Suisse. I had flight benefits and ten weeks of vacation so I also got to do a lot of traveling during my two years there. It was outstanding!

Most Unique Adventure:
I lived on Guam for about a year and half where I worked as a “Clubmate” for Pacific Islands Club. I worked in the Sports, Entertainment and Activities department. My responsibilities included everything from teaching windsurfing in Japanese (which I don’t speak!) to scrubbing the 200,000 gallon swim-thru aquarium, dancing in shows, organizing water-slide races and much, much more. It was a blast for that time of my life!

Contact:
Joannie Jorczak
310.228.7101
joannie@lightthewaycoaching.com
www.lightthewaycoaching.com