I started my university journey in 2011, right after graduating from J.L Ilsley Highschool. I quickly moved to Sackville, NB, and started my degree in Science at Mount Allison. After a year of suffering, I decided to change my focus and enroll in business classes, starting in economics. Since my first intro economic class, I have been naturally connected to business. It was a passion I had never felt, and I could not wait to explore my potential in the Business program.

As I began to explore my passion, my father‘s health got increasingly worse and created a huge personal distraction. My father, John, was physically disabled after experiencing a workplace accident. His health declined and he passed away during my second and third year, I tried returning to school a week later. It was a complete fog. I dropped out and moved to Alberta quickly after to focus on my career.

Five years of working on the oil rig was an amazing experience but I always knew I needed my education. I quit my full-time job, jumped in my car, and drove home to Halifax! I enrolled in Mount Saint Vincent (BBA program) and started school again in January of 2020.

In my Small Business Management class, Studentgizor was born. As a mature student, I felt a disconnect transitioning into my program. I was experienced in dispatch and project management, so I had the skill to remain organized – but I still missed a quiz. I knew I could not be the only one and that is where this idea came from. My only excuse was working part-time and overlooking the quiz date, not the academic material.