The owner of the first barn I worked at said something that has always remained with me: Do what you love, and the money will follow. As a 13-year-old, I think I still believed
that money grew on trees, and I felt confident that no matter what career I chose in life, I would have all the money I needed. However, I did recognize that money would enable me to
have horses in my life, and my only plan for a future career was that it would bring me horses. Since then, my perception of reality has sharpened. I initially wanted to be a veterinarian, but after realizing that this was not the right path for me, I switched my college major to English. I thought my professional life and my horse life might always be separate until a professor told me that I should look into writing and editing for a horse magazine. Was it really possible that I could do what I loved professionally and combine it with horses? It seemed too good to be true. But not too much later, I became an intern at Dressage Today, and I’ve learned that no matter what profession you want to break into, there is always a way to incorporate horses. The horse industry is wide and international and it has need for more than just riders. Whether your passion (besides horses, of course) is business, photography, public relations, science, writing or editing, there is a place for you to do what you love in the horse world.

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