Five Years at TikTok. And Then Everything Changed.
When people ask me what I did at TikTok, I usually tell them I was essentially the digital police.
And then I laugh because, well, it's one way to explain Trust & Safety without giving somebody my entire job description.
I joined TikTok in August 2021, and over the next five years, I learned more than I could have imagined about technology, digital platforms, community, and people.
My work in Trust & Safety gave me a perspective most people don't get to see. But some of the most meaningful experiences happened outside my actual job description.
I became involved with BLXCK, helped lead a community of more than 900 members, collaborated with other employee resource groups, created employee content, and worked with people and organizations to develop community initiatives.
I was learning how to bring people together and how to turn an idea into something people could actually experience.
And I was doing a lot of that while continuing to build my own interests in events, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
Then, in August 2026, the Nashville TikTok office closed.
After five years, a major chapter of my professional life came to an end.
Now, I could spend a lot of time talking about what it feels like when something familiar changes. But what I've been thinking about more is what you do with everything you've learned once that chapter ends.
Because the experience doesn't disappear just because the job does.
The relationships you built, the skills you developed, the mistakes you learned from, the projects you helped bring to life—that all comes with you.
And that's exactly what I've been applying to this next chapter.
Through Sparkling Dreams, my creative projects, event production, community work, and the businesses I'm helping develop, I'm taking lessons from five years in technology and putting them to work in new ways.
I'm also learning how to build a life that doesn't revolve entirely around my professional title.
I'm a mother. I'm creative. I love bringing people together. I have ideas that don't always fit neatly into one industry or business category.
And I'm giving myself room to explore all of that.
I don't have every part of this next chapter figured out. But I'm building.
Don't confuse a job title with the value you bring. The work you've done, the relationships you've built, and what you've learned can create opportunities long after that chapter ends.
Published November 6, 2026
