Kaitlyn A Faria
Kaitlyn A Faria is aspiring to make the world a prettier place through design. Currently based out of The San Francisco Bay Area, Kaitlyn works as a Product Coordinator & Designer for a furniture & home decor company. She also runs an interior design & lifestyle blog.
In this week’s new episode Kaitlyn shares with us her journey with design, and the postgrad journey she never expected. While in college, Kaitlyn found out that she had a brain tumor, she was diagnosed with anxiety, depression and PTSD. Once she graduated, she was over $100k in debt, and her first job was as a sales associate. While on her lunch break, Kaitlyn would go to a coffee shop nearby and write down what she was grateful for, and religiously listen to self-help podcasts. As she shares in this week’s new episode, there are two major things she learned during that process. One, write down the things that you want and be clear. Two, she decided that she was going to change her story. She wasn’t going to focus on the negative, but instead focus on the positive - she was young, passionate, and that her opportunities are endless.
Finally, everything changed. After sending out over 150 applications in an 11-month period, she met someone in her field, who just happened to be at the coffee she dreamed of working for. Today, Kaitlyn is a Home Product Designer, and she’s grateful for the lessons she learned from the moments that challenged her.
Today, Kaitlyn describes her interior design style as eclectic, mid century and bright. She has a passion for Product Design, Interior Design, Merchandising, Graphic Design, Branding and all things creative. Most importantly: she loves what she does!
“Through this postgrad journey I’ve learned to not doubt myself, and I’ve seen how far my design passion and persistence can take me. I’m 25 now, and I still have a long career ahead of me and one day in the future I hope to be a creative director or a CEO running my own company of home decor product.”
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bZHrtjAzbksbLWNaak1NM
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-of-inspiring-joy/id1510488632
To connect with Kaitlyn and her work, visit her website www.kaitlynfaria.com and on Instagram @oh_kayfairy
Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss.
*Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Stories of Inspiring Joy.