From Challenges To Change

Welcome to From Challenges to Change, a space where I share my personal and professional experiences to inspire change and advocate for affordable housing.

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When Staying Means Strength

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.
I had a boss who openly admitted he didnโ€™t know what I did all day.

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Katie Goar Katie Goar

When The Roof Falls In

A tree fell on our house yesterday. Like. On. It.
Loud, jarring, and completely out of our control. This 5am wake up came threatening the very area over our bedrooms.

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Leadership in Platform Boots

The end of the school year - and this is how I showed up to my firstbornโ€™s last day of school. Yes, full costume. Platform boots and face paint.

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Whole-Self Leadership in Action

๐ˆโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž. They can mutually strengthen each other. ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ.
our insights so we can learn together.

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Katie Goar Katie Goar

Backstage Beats and Bravery

Guess what my ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ was backstage before ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐„๐ƒ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž?

Not light jazz.
Not soothing ocean waves.
Not faith-based hymns.
Not classical.

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Katie Goar Katie Goar

Red Pens and Realizations

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐–๐š๐ค๐ž-๐”๐ฉ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ
When I first became President, I read ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ proposal that went out the door. From the $2K letter quote to the $25M opportunity - every. single. one.
about career and life shifting?

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Compliance Goggles

Anyone else living with ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ 24/7?

I spend my days deep in compliance - monitoring, improving processes, and building smarter systems. And over time, that way of thinking starts to shape how I see everything around me.

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