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Orla Pylant’s Life by Elizabeth Denham Snapology was not even a blip on the radar of Orla Pylant when she started her career as a CPA. But when she realized she longed for more flexibility to raise her children, Pylant found a new passion – education. “I didn’t know it would be something I would love,” Pylant said. “Even if I could go back in time and choose my career path all over again, I would choose this.” Pylant worked for years as a CPA doing auditing, taxes and franchise accounting. She worked as a controller in the corporate office of a Wendy’s franchisee which became difficult as she began having children and juggling parenting with a demanding corporate job.
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“I was tired of getting up early, loading the kids up and dropping them off at daycare only to pick them up, feed them dinner, put them to bed and start over the next day,” she lamented. “I wanted to have something more flexible that allowed me more time with my children.”
Living in Louisville, Kentucky, Pylant and her family traveled to Indianapolis for a Lego show and she saw a Snapology postcard on a table. A bit later, she pulled the card out of her purse and decided to investigate.
