DiveIn Podcast, Chicago, May 2023

Danira Šabić is a certified Montessori teacher who began her career working with children by moving to London in 2008, as one of the last people from Bosnia and Herzegovina to receive an au-pair visa for the United Kingdom. Babysitting was initially meant to be just a part-time job, a way to improve her language skills and earn some pocket money.

That same year, she launched Danni's Little Kitchen – a cooking school for children based on Montessori principles, with the primary goal of promoting healthy eating for children through educational and interactive cooking workshops.

She put her nanny job on hold and focused on her own business. She still occasionally accepts work for clients, but now those are private tutoring jobs that last several months. She invests all the money she earns into Danni's Little Kitchen.

What are children eating these days? What’s it like to work for some of the wealthiest people in the world? And how do you persist in wanting to make a change at home (in Bosnia and Herzegovina)? Find out in episode 24 of Dive In.