Today we’d like to introduce you to Anabely Lopes.
Hi Anabely, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I moved to Miami in 2013. I’m originally from Brazil and after I had left my successful nurse career, I saw the opportunity to discover a new business that I could use my organization skills acquired from my previous position as an ER Nurse Manager.
On my first year in Miami, I started study English (because I never studied English in my life!) It was very hard.
On December 2013, I helped a friend on her process of moving (packing, unpacking & organization) and she encouraged me to work in this business.
I didn’t know that Organization could be a Profession. I’ve got interested in learning more about the Professional Organizer business. So I found online the NAPO – National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals where I learned more about the profession.
I studied and got some certifications. I’m a certified Professional Organizer Specialist in Home Organization, Redesign and Home Staging.
In Aug 2014, I started to help people get organized by POM – Personal Organizer Miami.
At the beginning, the clients came referred by friends, after two years my Company started to serve all South Florida.
In 2017, I decided to teach other women about Organization through workshops and consulting.
In 2018 the Company included the Relocation Services to help clients in their process of Moving where we oversee and facilitate the movers packing/unpacking and placement of boxes. Full service organization
In December on 2018 I was invited to be a Brand Ambassador of the Idesign (@idlivesimply) organizer products and it is been almost four years of working with them.
Today I have an “Amazing Team” working with me in all the Organizing Projects.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I can’t say that it was easy, but I tried to plan every step from the beginning to not make any mistake that would affect the company growth.
Honestly, the most difficult thing that I faced was the language barrier. I did struggle a little bit with the paperwork and had to improve my social media skills to be able to get clients and all of that it had to be done in another language!
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about POM – Personal Organizer Miami?
Our mission is help people to have an organizing systems in their homes, optimizing space creating functionality and order in their daily life!
We offer support for decision-making, facilitate actions around what to keep, and to identify where unwanted items will go.
We work with clients to determine what the functions of their spaces should be and to set up those spaces in ways that can be easily maintained.
We customize solutions based on individual needs. We bring creativity and harmony to every space that we organize.
Every client is unique and we teach all our strategies to stay organized for life.
Our team are very committed in each Organizing Project respecting the Company’s Work Ethics: punctuality, discretion, efficiency, support, safety, accountability and respect.
Can you talk to us a bit about the role of luck?
I can consider myself lucky because I’ve been always an organized person and my passion for organization brought me in this business by accident.
Contact Info:
- Email: personalorganizermiami@gmail.com
- Website: www.personalorganizermiami.com
- Instagram: @personalorganizermiami
Image Credits
Personal Photo was taking by Roger Silva Organizing Project Photos was taking by Personal Organizer Miami authorized by clients in a contract.
