I help Canadian women increase their net worth.

In 2017, only months after starting my post-MBA job at a sustainable architecture firm, I suffered a concussion that caused debilitating post-concussion symptoms. It was hard for me to continue working full-time, so I had to reduce hours and eventually had to quit. This experience was discouraging and made me question my career & future. I did fully recover and go back to work after a couple years, but the whole experience was eye-opening and made me realize the risk of having only 1 source of income from a traditional job.

I started thinking "What happens when someone is suddenly no longer able to trade their time for money, like what happened to me?"

I am a true entrepreneur at heart - I always knew I wanted my own company. I became interested in real estate investing after realizing the importance of passive income and multiple income sources. In 2020, I started a real estate investing company, Yacksmith Properties, with my husband Amaury. We buy properties, renovate them, and then rent them out short, medium and long-term! I was able to quit my job and work for myself full-time in the winter of 2022. I am beyond excited that I now have freedom of my time and no limits to what I can achieve.

I am now running multiple successful furnished rentals and I want to teach others about real estate investing, short-term rentals and entrepreneurship!

This is where Piece of the Pie was born.

We started this company because we wish we had this type of non-judgemental, unintimidating, and SOLID source of info & community when we were starting out!

I knew I wanted a bigger piece of the ‘wealth pie’ and definitely didn’t want to work until 65 years old. It sounds cliche, but this stuff is completely changing my life and I think others should know about it too. I thought - if all those rich millionaire men can do it why can’t I? (psst - there is no reason you and I can’t. We 100% can.)

I LOVE to travel and explore new places - especially if they're near the ocean! I love spending time with my husband and two daughters at our home in Ottawa, Canada.