Business & Tech
What It Takes To Switch Careers: One Mom Did
Marietta Lee was a lawyer and a journalist when she set her sights on switching careers to engineering. In this article from Byron Academy, she talks about how she did that.
Marietta Lee — a mom, community volunteer, and town official — when she decided that a change was in order.
“I knew the path I was taking in journalism wasn’t sustaining,” Lee explains, “and going into the family business was good for the family.”
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In an article written for Byron Academy, a company that encourages girls to pursue STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math), Lee talks about how she made the switch to engineering and why she's glad she did.
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Ryan Duques of Madison, the founder of Byron Academy, says Lee is one of several women featured by Byron Academy, which is named for the world's first recognized computer programmer: Ada Byron, who was known as Lady Lovelace. Read more about the Byron Academy and its work on the Byron Academy website.
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