I am Wendy, and I am a trailblazing entrepreneur dedicated to transforming how people view the intersection of passion and profit.

As the Founder of Get Paid for Your Passion Center Inc., a nonprofit movement that empowers individuals to monetize their deepest passions while creating meaningful impact—proving that purpose and prosperity can beautifully coexist.

With over 20 years as a nationally recognized CPA and Forbes contributor, my journey spans founding and investing in 10+ ventures across finance, education, hospitality, and technology. I have helped businesses secure over $20 million in funding and guided 15+ companies to scale profitably.
My crowning achievement: building my CPA practice from scratch to seven figures in two years.

My career is marked by remarkable resilience and strategic vision. After being fired from a company where I was a 20% shareholder—despite growing their revenue from $1M to $3M and expanding from 6 to 25 staff members in nine months— I channeled that setback into launching multiple successful ventures.

In 2023, I faced my greatest transformation. Navigating a painful divorce as a single mother of three while maintaining my business empire, I chose courage over comfort. This pivotal moment led to profound inner healing and the creation of my signature 3P Formula: aligning Passion, Profit, and Purpose.

Recognition for my work includes:
– CPA of the Year by WomElle (2024) and
– Inspirational Woman Entrepreneur of the Year by Global Leader Summit at Oxford University (2025).

From arriving in the US from Vietnam at 17 with limited English to becoming a serial entrepreneur and international bestselling author, I embody the American dream re-imagined.

My literary impact includes:
– How to Get Paid Doing What You Love
– Global Conscious Entrepreneurs: 49 Entrepreneurs Changing the World with Marie Diamond
– Six-Figure Chicks, Houston, Vol 1

My expertise in financial strategy, combined with my journey through personal transformation, uniquely positions me to guide others in monetizing their authentic selves. Driven by my profound mission to inspire over one million people to get paid doing what they love, I continuously break barriers and redefine success. I lead with purpose, empower with wisdom, and serve with heart.

Ready to transform your passion into profit?
Connect with me to discover how my 3P Formula can help you scale your knowledge and monetize your skills.

Testimonials:

Realtor Retreat — Vision Board Building | The Woodlands, TX

“I’ve brought a lot of speakers into our brokerage over the years. Wendy was the only one who didn’t just teach my agents how to build a vision board — she taught them how to audit their own lives. After her retreat, my team went from producing to leading the nation. What she gave them wasn’t motivation; it was a framework. She made the invisible work of clarity feel as concrete as a listing contract. Every brokerage in Texas should bring her in at least once.”

— Bridgett M. Founder of Bridget Moore Group, The Woodlands, TX

Emcee — World Finance Forum

“We’ve had plenty of emcees at the World Finance Forum. Wendy was the first one who made the audience laugh and take notes in the same breath. She introduced each speaker like she had read their entire career, spotlighted them in ways they hadn’t been spotlighted before, and then tied every session back to what finance and accounting actually mean on the ground — the day-to-day decisions, the core values, the things that quietly drive the bottom line. By the end of the day, our attendees weren’t just talking about the speakers. They were quoting Wendy.”

— Ed M. – Head of Content and Event Organizer – World Finance Forum

 “Your Profit Starts at the Lobby” — International Hospitality Association | Hotel ZaZa

“I’ve sat through a lot of finance presentations in this industry. Wendy’s was the first one I walked out of with a concrete plan for my front desk team. Her core idea — that our profit doesn’t start in the accounting office, it starts at the lobby — reframed how I coach and encourage the people on our frontlines. She gave me language for something I had felt for years but couldn’t articulate, and a practical guideline I could put into action the next morning. My finance team and my general manager are both better for it.”

— Vince M. , Chief Financial Officer, Hotel ZaZa

Board Team Building — Houston CPA Society

“Facilitating a room full of introverted CPAs is not easy — and doing it with a board of directors, while actually getting us to connect, is something else entirely. Wendy did both. She guided us through an exercise to define a set of core values we could all agree on, and in the process we started to genuinely get to know each other. That’s the thing most team-building sessions miss: a group can’t grow or bring in more members without a shared language, and shared values are what create that language. Her background as an auditor shows up in how she facilitates — she has a rare eye for how the smallest shift can create long-lasting impact. Our board left more aligned, speaking the same language, and genuinely more of a team.”

— Mark A. , Executive Director, Texas Society of CPAs Houston Chapter