I thrive on being a lifelong learner and have spent the better part of a decade honing in on my true calling. Working as a VP in the wine industry, a college professor, a radio DJ, a mama blogger, and consulting entrepreneurs on leadership and mindset (simultaneously, at times!), helped me to realize that:

1. This was not sustainable long term

2. What my superpower actually is

I started my professional journey as a marketing executive at a top winery in the Napa Valley, and although it was an amazing experience, it wasn’t fulfilling my soul. In everything I did, from marketing and sales to creating leadership and team success strategies, my deeper intention kept knocking, telling me that my true purpose was to teach.

So I followed it – and I followed it with intention! Stepping away from corporate life allotted me more time to devote to being a more present professor, and teaching business and entrepreneurship at the college level. It also allowed me more time to volunteer at my kids’ school, teaching leadership to 5th graders.

And guess what? That’s where the magic really happened. 

I realized that I could instill the entrepreneur mindset in active young minds by teaching them how to use their instinctive leadership savvy, for good. It all starts with having the right mindset at an early age. That’s why today, I’ve expanded my leadership and entrepreneurial workshops to elementary-aged children.

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Claudette Shatto resides in Napa, CA with her husband and two young sons. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business and is a graduate of the rigorous Leadership Napa Valley program. When she’s not teaching leadership and entrepreneurship to young minds, you’ll find her engaged in teaching business and marketing at Napa Valley College as well as international business, abroad. She offers business mentorship and is currently writing a children’s book series focused on the entrepreneurial mindset.