Certified as a Professional Life and Business Coach by the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), Carmela helps empower her clients to achieve their personal and professional goals through proven inspirational and coaching techniques. Carmela draws on her experience as a New York City teacher and day care director, an educational consultant, and as the Northeast Regional Sales Manager of the Lyons Group, Inc., where she introduced and managed the sale of “Barney the Dinosaur” products in 19 northeastern states. Carmela lives in New York City with her husband and daughter, a professional ballerina.