If you are supporting a creative young person or questioning whether passion can become a pathway, this offers perspective and permission. Success rarely arrives all at once.
What if the quiet thread running through your life is pointing somewhere meaningful? Sophie Perez is a fine artist and Royal College of Art graduate, former elite cyclist, studio founder and mother of three. Her path is anything but linear: painting in London, couriering by bike, racing at Tour de France level, stepping away from art for a decade to raise her family, then rebuilding her practice on the Mornington Peninsula. This is reassurance for parents and young people that success evolves and rarely follows a straight line. If you are supporting a creative young person or questioning whether passion can become a pathway, this episode offers permission to keep following the thread.
What you’ll discover:
• Whether a passion can really become a career
• Why stepping away from something you love doesn’t mean it’s gone
• How creative confidence is built through community
• Supporting a young person who doesn’t fit neat academic categories
• Why success rarely arrives all at once
• Following your thread through reinvention and different life stages
Discover More About Sophie Perez and her art here 👇:
https://www.sophieperezartist.com/
More Than a Score: Redefining Success Beyond School is hosted by Laura Pitt and Dan Steele, a former teacher and award-winning school leader on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. New episodes fortnightly. Subscribe to follow along.