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Marjorie Gubelmann on Being a Single Mom, Becoming a World-Class DJ at 43, and Why You Need to Show Up for Your Friends

LEAVE YOUR MARK: Freshly Brewed Career Advice with Aliza Licht
LEAVE YOUR MARK: Freshly Brewed Career Advice with Aliza Licht
Episode • Jan 5, 2020 • 36m

Can you rediscover a passion at 42 and make it a career? Marjorie Gubelmann is proof you can. In college, Marjorie was known as her DJ alter ego, "Mad Marj," but becoming a DJ was not a respectable career choice for the time. One day, at age 42, her friend dared her to DJ his party. As Marjorie reconnected to her passion, she courageously blended all the lessons from motherhood, divorce, and corporate leadership into a new chapter, secretly going back to school, and ultimately becoming a world-class DJ.