About Me
I’m Danielle :)
Fellow anxious girlie here to help you navigate career transitions with confidence and self trust
Who even am I?
To start, I’m more than my career, just like you. I’m a queer, half-Filipino Michigander who’s really into vampire romances and hosting cute gatherings for my friends.
I’m also a Gen Z young professional, hence the name, Gen Z Career Coach. I started this business in 2024 and was focused on supporting young professionals (Gen Z). While the name doesn’t perfectly describe my current coaching work anymore, it serves as a daily reminder to me that imperfect action - even if I change my mind later - is better than waiting for the perfect idea!
Over the past 9 years, I’ve built a diverse portfolio career across counseling, higher education, instructional design, and media. I’ve learned so much through experimentation, and trial and error, and I am grateful for every weird, unexpected step along the way.
As an anxious overthinker myself, I’ve had to work to unlearn my own overplanning and perfectionistic tendencies. It’s a journey I’m still on, and always will be. I’ve learned how to take action so I can break out of decision paralysis and make actual progress in my career.
I’m here to help you do the same.
My Experience
I know how isolating the job market can feel, and how amazing real professional community can feel.
I know what it’s like to navigate stressful, overwhelming, and confusing career seasons.
I know what burnout feels like — and what helps, and what doesn’t.
I’ve got a wide variety of work experience across multiple industries, types of roles, pay ranges, and skill levels.
Since 2017, I’ve had student jobs, casual jobs, freelance jobs, and even a prestigious white collar full time job with great pay and those much coveted ~ benefits ~ (amazing PTO, hefty retirement contributions, tuition waivers, fancy trips to conferences, all the things we’re taught to prize in a job).
And now I have two of my own businesses and a beautiful mix of recurring freelance roles.
I’ve even worked with my dream company - The Financial Diet!
I’ve also recently finished my master’s in clinical mental health counseling at Oakland University, where I spent the past five years training to be a therapist. So not only do I have formal education in career counseling, but I’m trained in providing ethical, compassionate support that acknowledges all aspects of your humanity. You can trust that I’m committed to providing quality career support services that genuinely improve your life.
(But please note, my services here are coaching and are not a replacement for mental health therapy!)
If you want to learn more about the specifics of my work experience, you can check out my LinkedIn or other business’s website — yes, it looks a lot like this one, work smarter not harder!
Supporting One Another
In my coaching business, I work hard to balance my own financial sustainability with affordability and accessibility. Everyone deserves kind, understanding, individualized support in these stressful times. While I may not always be able to offer reduced fee services, if finances are a barrier for you, please still reach out. Even if we aren’t a good fit, I can refer you to alternative services.
Beyond my coaching services, if you’re interested in any of the work I have experience in, feel free to reach out! It is very important to me to use my power and privilege to demystify work and open doors for others. I’m happy to do a short informational interview over Google Meet and answer any questions as best I can :)
Ready to take action in your career?
I’d love to hear from you :)