The challenge of totally changing your career path after dedicating years to one industry is immense in and of itself. But to do it due to the emotional toll the first one took on you is at another level. Cheryl Wischhover started off her career as a pediatric oncology nurse for 15 years - seeing just how brutal the impact of cancer can be on a daily basis. Today, she is the Senior Beauty Reporter for the fashion and beauty online publication Racked. Cheryl always wanted to be a writer of some sort, but her family’s path turned her towards nursing. When she moved from Chicago to New York in the early 2000’s, she fell in love with fashion, blogging, and the rise of social media which quickly led her to a change that would reroute her entire life and finally let her live out her passions.
What You’ll Learn:
- What is Racked and why is it different from writing for publications such as Glamour, Teen Vogue, and Elle (4:50)
- The science behind writing about beauty and why Cheryl’s medical background has been a huge help to her (9:45)
- How to be strong and follow your head and heart on what you really want to do in life (19:45)
- Everything that prompted Cheryl to change her career and how she did it (31:00)