NYSID instructors teach every course and the curriculum and learning goals are the same as the onsite courses. While the love-matching franchise didn't help her find lasting romance (she is now happily engaged to fiancé Justin Pasutto with whom she has two young children), it sparked a love affair of another kind.The Basic Interior Design online certificate provides the same rigorous education that we offer on campus, but with greater flexibility.

In The Bachelor, she was second runner-up in the race to win bachelor Jason Mesnick's heart, and in The Bachelorette, she ended up getting engaged to bachelor Ed Swiderski only to break up very publicly months later.

She's referring to her time as a bachelorette on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette television series (after working at Browns), for which she signed up in search of love. 'From being fired from Cactus to being heartbroken twice in front of millions!' 'I've been rejected and I've failed many times,' she says. It was also preparation for more challenges that would test her resilience in ways she could never have imagined. I also learned to work my ass off, even if that meant spending the night in the drafting room, which I did many times!'Īs a student at BCIT, Jillian says pulling all-nighters was a matter of survival. ' taught me attention to detail, how to organize my thoughts and creative ideas, and how to bring ideas to fruition,' says Jillian. As an alumna with a fresh credential under her belt, Jillian was re-hired by her former Cactus Club boss to design his newest restaurant chain, Browns Socialhouse. Jillian decided to go back to school and enrolled in BCIT's Interior Design certificate program. 'I felt so defeated but I knew I had to keep going.' 'I was extremely humbled,' she says about being let go, admitting that without any formal training, she didn't know what she was doing. When the co-owner of Cactus Club Scott Morison heard about her consulting business, he hired her to help design his restaurants.įor inexperienced but enthusiastic Jillian, it was a dream job until she got fired. In between shifts as a salesperson at a home décor store and as a server at Cactus Club Café, she freelanced as a design consultant taking on small jobs as she could. For Jillian Harris, interior design was a side hustle in the beginning.

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