Today we’re sitting down with Suzie Kostick, a seasoned floral industry educator, freelancer, and consultant living in Rio Rancho, New Mexico to discuss: her multi-faceted career in the floral industry over the last 40 years her experience as creative director turned owner of Flora Magazine the importance of her years in retail flower shops to her overall career path her experience as shop owner, convention center special events coordinator, freelancer, grocery store chain production manager, and local college instructor the transition from her high school floral design classes as a teen to the floral industry her involvement in AIFD, her position as AIFD’s 2018 Symposium Coordinator, and her knowledge of the AIFD organization FAQs about the AIFD testing process Links mentioned in this episode:  American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) Flora magazine Professional Floral Communicators International (PFCI) Society of American Florists (SAF) Michigan Floral Association (MFA) Stacy Carlton AIFD | The Flora Culturist Smithers-Oasis Certified Floral Designer (CFD) Texas Master Florist (TMF) Holly Chapple | Holly Heider Chapple Flowers Susan McLeary | Passionflower Katie Davis | Ponderosa & Thyme Longwood Gardens AIFD Symposium 2019 | Las Vegas   Today’s episode is brought to you by Holly Heider Chapple Flowers