Financial planning found me: Melissa had a liberal arts education.

Sometimes you are lasered focused on a vision for your future. And sometimes you fall into the perfect career by chance.

It was the latter for Melissa Joy, President of Pearl Planning. She started out looking for a job she could do with a liberal arts education. But what she found turned out to be so much more.

Starting as an administrative assistant, then leading a large financial firm, then owning her own business has truly been the journey of a lifetime for Melissa.

Here’s how she found joy along the way.