Sarah Hodell, WCC Counselor My Career Path According to all career research, the average person changes careers at least four times in their life, whether they want to or not. As a career counselor, I have the opportunity to help students “bridge the gap” between life today and their hope of a meaningful career in the future. I present my career path not to “brag”, but to share how my life has changed. At age 19 or 20, I could never have expected my life to be as it is today. I have not always accepted my changes easily, but in the long run they have all turned out better than I could have hoped for. I have always worked hard. Some say that I have gone to school too much. I’m not rich, but I am happy and I love my work.

Sarah Hodell, WCC Counselor

My Career Path

According to all career research, the average person changes careers at least four times in their life, whether they want to or not. As a career counselor, I have the opportunity to help students “bridge the gap” between life today and their hope of a meaningful career in the future.

I present my career path not to “brag”, but to share how my life has changed. At age 19 or 20, I could never have expected my life to be as it is today. I have not always accepted my changes easily, but in the long run they have all turned out better than I could have hoped for. I have always worked hard. Some say that I have gone to school too much. I’m not rich, but I am happy and I love my work.

Grew up in Houston Texas with a horse in my back yard

& cowboy boots on my feet

Left home after high school to “explore” & “save” the world

Couldn’t get enough of a good education - like a bowl

of Dave’s coconut ice cream

Marched against the Vietnam war & taught on

Indian reservations

GOT SERIOUS about having a career path after 2

master’s degrees

Moved to Hawai’i 22 years ago to teach and counsel college

students - still here and loving it

40th high school reunion

This might be what you look like 40 years after high school.

Professional Path

Colleges attended: Guilford College, American Univ., North. AZ Univ, UH Manoa

Majors & degrees: International Service (BA), Counseling (MEd), Learning Disabilities/Education (Doctorate), Architecture

Occupations: Recreation Therapist, Health Educator, Teacher, Designer, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Counselor

Life Goals

Goal # 1 - study politics in Washington, DC - worked with the US Senate & graduated from American University in DC, no jobs in the end...

Goal # 2- “save the world” - worked in Public Health & Education with Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma and Navaho Indians in Tuba City, AZ, world was hard to save...

Goal # 3 - inspire kids to love learning - taught elementary & high school in AZ, got too old...

Goal # 4 - explore the world - trained teachers in Micronesia & American Samoa for UH Manoa, loved it...

Goal # 5 - become an architect - unfinished studies in Architecture at UH Manoa, hardest thing I’ve ever done & loved it but was not good at it...

Goal # 6 - help college students achieve their dreams -counseling & teaching college in Arizona and Hawaii, helping college students is the best...

I’m a proud mom

My search for my path

Personal Information

High School: The Kinkaid School,

Houston TX, class of 1967

Signs: Capricorn and “rat”

Favorite Quote: “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Favorite authors: John Steinbeck, Jennifer Lauck, Oscar Wilde

Favorite Movies: Kpax, Cider House Rules, Pleasantville, The Color Purple

Favorite Foods: Texas barbeque, coleslaw, sa-teh tofu