Jamille Webb is not only beautiful and
intelligent, but she is also an ambitious, savvy
business woman Her life experience has led her to
an amazing career in her field, as well as a position
as CEO at Steampunk Chuck!
Jamille's professional goal was originally to be a
pharmacist. However, after multiple attempts at
inorganic chemistry and the inability to attain a
grade better than "C", she decided to reconsider her
aspirations. While reconsidering her professional
goals, Jamille found herself falling into the trap of
procrastination. "I told myself I would go back to
school. However I just needed to take a break." She
stayed in that mentality for several years.
During her break from her educational goals, she
went on with her personal life. She got married and
had a child. That marriage ended in divorce,, and
she eventually attempted a second marriage. In her
second marriage, she realized many things. Jamille
stated, "One big realization was that I could be
more than I was."
She hadn't intended to go back to school at that
time in her life, but her then husband encouraged
her to get a hobby, go back to school, or just to do
something to occupy her time. She already had a
lot on her plate. She had a two year old toddler and
was working full time at an insurance company.
In reality, her husband was working long hours and
traveling most of the time.
"During the first year of our marriage, we rarely
spent time together. And due to that and other
issues, we grew apart." So Jamille decided to go
back to college. She found that environment to be
her educational "safe space". She recalled that it
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was "one of those places that feels like you belong
as soon as you step in the door."
She decided to major in business science. As she
came to find herself as a student, she says, "I lost
myself as a wife. My second marriage failed. if I had
known how to be patient and how to communicate
more effectively, I believe we could have had a
chance to save our marriage."