Holly A. Sharp

I am the next generation's career coach.

I believe that elementary aged kids are being asked to narrow their thinking at a young age. When we ask the question, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" kids want to give an answer that will please us.

I hope that my writing will help inspire parents to use this young age to introduce their kids to role models that represent lots of different jobs. If they can not explore lots of options in elementary school - when can they?!! 2/3 of adults are not happy with their career choice and I hope to help improve those numbers in the next generation.

Before becoming an author, I spent the last 15 years in new product development dreaming up crazy ideas from how to "kill bugs dead" to developing new ice cream forms that hit shelves in 2020. I love thinking about things that the world needs and figuring out how to make them happen.

When I was pregnant I got to thinking about what types of books I wanted to fill my library with. I started searching for this book and when it didn't exist, I decided to write it. I was laid off when I was 8 months pregnant and published my first book when my baby was 8 months old.

Knowing in high school what I wanted to do with my life set me up for the right college, the right internship early and a leg up for that first job.I hope the same advantage for my child and was very interested in books to help me figure out what she might be interested in, but came up short. I hope this book might help inspire your child to not just "dream" - but to also "do".