Colleen McCarthy was working a corporate job she was never “super excited about” when she started creating floral arrangements in her free time.
Two years later, she’s designed floral arrangements for stars like Sabrina Carpenter and Drew Barrymore through her business Colleen Rose Florals.
McCarthy, 27, grew up in Ridgefield, CT. She majored in environmental studies and communications at Fordham University, but after she graduated in 2020, “it was hard to find a job, period, let alone a job that I really wanted to do,” she says.
She landed a job at a PR agency, but viewed the job as a “temporary thing” while she figured out her long-term plan.
A couple years into her job, McCarthy says she had a “mini quarter-life crisis” about her career. She took a step back to reflect: “What do I like? What have I always liked? What am I good at?”
