About

Hi! My name is Sarah Gariepy, but everyone calls me Cera on account of my brother naming me after a grumpy, yellow dinosaur. My goal in life was to become the youngest US equestrian to reach the Olympics, but my legs had other plans.

When I could no longer ride, I turned to my love of art and building. I worked as a Stage Manager and Scenic Designer in my hometown of Portland, Oregon (Go Weirdos!) and later in Boston, MA. When it became clear climbing ladders all day was also out of my scope, I found myself in a cubicle in the Semiconductor industry learning about something called Primavera P6.

Oh. Boy.

It wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do with my life, but I found out one thing: I love to learn, and I’m really good at Excel. The obsession started off normal, with basic functions and some shaded cells, but then someone showed me how to crack open the hood and get into VBA. Several thousand Google searches later, I created an advanced scheduling and reporting system using Primavera, Access, and Excel that not only boosted the company I contracted into, but helped jumpstart a new company that now has work all over the world.

I’m not here to stroke your ego or baby you, nor am I here to say that I am the best at this. I am here because I am passionate about what I do, and I love to help those around me learn what they never thought they could.

And I truly believe that. You can do this. It’s not going to be easy, and it’s going to take dedication and practice. You are learning a new language, and if you don’t keep it up, you will lose it. But if you practice and keep pushing yourself, you will do everything you never thought you could.

As for me, I now work in the Renewables industry and schedule for all of North America. I have 3 orange babies: two giant goldfish and cat that hates this website. I’m still pushing boundaries and learning more and more every day. I plan to share everything I can here. Everything I can’t? Well I won’t share that because I don’t want to get sued. I do have bills to pay.