Catherine Dalipe

Catherine has reinvented herself and pivoted on numerous occasions and in several countries starting in her early adult life and well into the current chapter of her odyssey. Her life design journey started when she decided to leave the nest (Guam) to attend university in the US ‘mainland’, changing majors in college as a biology major (pre-dentistry!) then switching when she took the leap to study abroad in Spain. Pivoting again, she landed her first job with the Environmental Protection Agency, and then decided to pursue her Master’s in International Policy Studies adding Japanese to her language tool kit. With a desire to re-design again, she was drawn to working with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures, and landed in a rewarding 30-year career in international education management where she held senior leadership roles overseeing multi-site global operations leading divisional startups, organizational changes and leadership training and development initiatives.

As the Business Relationship Manager for Designing Your Life and Fieldbrook Advising (DYL Certified Facilitators) and Certified DYL Coach, she is a passionate advocate for design thinking as a methodology to empower people to design a life and career with joy, clarity, agency and engagement.