From Marketing to Math Class: Steve Sandberg’s Career Change Story
About this episode
Steve Sandberg shares his journey from a marketing career to becoming a high school math teacher.
After nearly two decades in marketing, Steve Sandberg felt a quiet pull toward something more meaningful. What began as curiosity became action and that ultimately led him to a high school math classroom. In this episode of the WGU Alumni podcast, Steve shares how he walked away from a comfortable career to earn his master’s in secondary math education at WGU, navigating licensure requirements, pandemic disruptions, and the uncertainty of a mid-career pivot. Within days of graduating, he land...
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