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Snapology Lights Up Orla Pylant's Life
by Elizabeth Denham
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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.
“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.
“I went to Pittsburgh to meet Laura (Coe) and things moved quickly from there,” she said. “Snapology has a good, family feel. You can reach out to corporate and to other franchisees any time you need to.”
While she made the leap from accounting to Snapology mostly because of her desire to spend more time with her family, Pylant stumbled into a career that she finds fun, fulfilling and fabulous!
“It just brings me to life,” she explained. “I still get butterflies, and I get in there and I love it.”
Pylant said she gets excited when she sees a kid have that “aha” moment and knows they will carry that for the rest of their lives.
“Snapology is great because it brings people together. And after being isolated for so long (during the pandemic), it’s great to see kids using their imaginations to build things and learn skills that will help them grow up and change the world,” Pylant said. “We use STEM programs, they build robots, they create. There is nothing better than being a part of that.”
Pylant said that while she has more flexibility, it is not easy to run a business. But Snapology makes it doable.
“I have been blessed in the sense that I’m able to be with my kids. That is a dream come true,” Pylant said. “It’s not easy. There was a learning curve and I had to build a business, but when you get to invest in the lives of children through work and you are afforded the opportunity to be an engaged mom and still earn a living, what could be better?
Orla Pylant is the owner of Snapology of Louisville since 2016. Originally from Belize, she came to the U.S. for college and went to Spalding University. She is a CPA and has three children ages 7, 5 and 3. For more information about Snapology of Louisville, please visit snapology.com/location/louisville
