NAPO gives credibility, and a name, to her service
This NAPO member began working as a professional organizer before she knew she was one! Embarking on a career that she felt improved people’s lives, she began by helping a family friend organize her home and business. From there, she put her days working in office administration and retail behind her and made organizing her job. “I had no idea what to call my business, let alone what my job title was,” she recalls.
Getting started with NAPO
Three years later, in 1996, she was reading an article about the National Association of Professional Organizers in her local newspaper. A light bulb went off. “That’s it! I am a Professional Organizer,” she thought. A little research and a few phone calls soon led her to join NAPO.
“After many years of having to explain what a professional organizer does and how it improves quality of life, finally there was NAPO advertising the industry, and also television shows explaining how a professional organizer would benefit the lives of people,” she says.
Today, the long-time organizer touts the usefulness of NAPO’s many resources, from the website with its organizing tips and its state-by-state directory of professional organizers, to the educational tools such as teleclasses (classes available over the phone) and recorded presentations from speakers at past conferences.
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