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Nathalie Lussier

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Nathalie Lussier is an award-winning entrepreneur who has been making web sites since she was 12 years old. She graduated with a degree in Software Engineering and a job offer from Wall Street, but she turned down this job to start her own business right out of college.

As the founder of AccessAlly, the powerful digital course and membership solution for industry leaders, she believes that access to education can help defy stereotypes and make the world a better place, while providing a sustainable livelihood for enterprising teachers.

Nathalie has been featured in Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, Success Magazine, Entrepreneur, Venture Beat, and Mashable.

Current Job

Founder
Present
AccessAlly

WordPress Origin Story

I put in 10,000-plus hours of programming time while earning my Bachelors Degree in Software Engineering.

When graduation rolled around I had worked as an intern for a start-up in the Silicon Valley, a Wall Street firm, and hopped around Europe while interning as a programmer in London.

I was lucky enough to graduate with a job offer from a Wall Street firm, but my intuition was telling me that the economy was shifting in ways we couldn’t comprehend, and I had always wanted to start my own business, so I turned down that job offer.

My parents and peers thought I was crazy to chuck away such a stable career, especially because the first business I started was all about my passion for healthy eating.

While growing my first business using WordPress, being my quirky self, and wearing a witch’s hat in my videos, I built a website that now boasts 750,000 yearly visitors and over 1 million page views.

From there I realized how powerful WordPress really is, and decided to dust off my software skills and create WordPress plugins with my husband and our growing team.

  • Member Since: June 17th, 2015
  • Location: Greater Niagara Region, Canada
  • Website: accessally.com
  • Job Title: Founder
  • Employer: AccessAlly
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