Life-long Path | Bonnie Flattery
- May 4, 2023
- 2 min read
At Untapped Potential Inc., we often highlight #returners success. And, we like to leverage the learnings from those who have gone before us. Those that successfully navigated their way back-to-work, to their caliber, following her caregiving duties.
It is in line with our motto, "Let's navigate this together".
We also want business leaders and women to know that women may have a l-o-n-g career path ahead of them. They have time to add value in the workplace in addition to the tremendous VALUE they have added during caregiving.
I'd like to share an "octogenarian", Bonnie Flattery, who navigated #career-life success and is continuing to add value, today.
Learn how she:
✅ skilled UP to return with market-ready skills (IT), working at The Hartford and The State of CT, Judicial Branch.
✅ aligned her passion to her career
✅ pivoted to her potential at each point in her career-lifecycle
This #returner is someone special, my Mom!
Learn more in this Connecticut Insider Magazine (CT Insider) article, "A lifetime of dance: 80-year-old dance teacher shares her passion in the Hartford area"
Written by Joel Samberg, CT Insider Correspondent.
"Having passed the 80-year mark last year, Bonnie Flattery is officially an octogenarian. While the age designation might make others want to slow down, for Flattery it only makes her want to dance.
In fact, the lifelong Connecticut resident has been dancing for about seventy years now, mostly ballet and tap, first as a student, then for two decades as the owner of the Bonnie Flattery School of Dance (for students throughout the Farmington Valley). For the last several years she's been teaching adult education courses for parks and recreation departments and senior centers. Her classes are offered in Canton, West Hartford, Farmington and New Hartford.
“When my husband was alive, we were both always so busy doing things together, such as working on our home and rebuilding our cottage,” Flattery said from her rustic cottage at the side of a New Hartford lake. “I knew I needed to find something to keep me busy.”
Continue reading or listen at CT Insider.
Great to see comments from her former students on LinkedIn.
