Olivia
Hotchkiss
Just trying to figure out what I’m capable of.
Hey, I'm Olivia!
I'm endlessly enthusiastic about life and learning. I started my first business at 17 and ran it for six years - the kind of education you can only get by doing. Since then, I moved from Canada to the US, lived in four states, and built community everywhere I've landed. I'm determined to leave people and places better than I find them. You'll catch me reading, playing volleyball, petting animals, and dreaming big.
If we've met, you probably answered at least three questions before I told you anything about myself.
What have I been up to?
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Moving 4 States in 5 Years
Doing life with my husband, a medical student in SLC, UT, and an anesthesia resident in Tampa, Florida, and now Baltimore, Maryland. I’ve moved a lot in the last 5 years and learned a lot about community along the way.
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4 Day Backpacking Trip: White Mountains of New Hampshire
Read about my trip (2026), hiking the Presidential Traverse in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with 7 friends!
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CEO for One Month - Global - Adecco
Selected as 1 of 5 global finalists from 204,000 applicants across 47 countries; shadowed Adecco Canada's CEO for a month, worked directly alongside senior leadership. (2018)
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Founder: Pupadise / Peace of Mind Pet Care
Built an in-home pet care service business from scratch to $500,000+ in revenue and 330+ repeat clients, hired 8 staff, and owned every function end to end (marketing, ops, training); re-branded in 2023.
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2026 Misogi: Publish x1 per week
I’m writing and publishing once a week on Substack, to develop the muscle of articulating what I think and sharing it with the world. A misogi is a “year defining event”.
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12 Hour Walk
The 12-Hour Walk is a self-improvement challenge and concept created by world-record-breaking explorer and author Colin O'Brady that requires spending 12 continuous hours walking alone outside in silence, completely unplugged from phones, music, and other distractions.
Why? For fun, of course!
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Awards & Competitions
$60,000+ in scholarships for academics, student leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, and community contribution, plus some keynote speaking
In January 2026 I made a public declaration: write and publish once a week for the entire year. It’s my misogi (a year defining event).
I'm genuinely not sure what I'll write about until I sit down and write it - and it's harder than I expected every single week. I'm glad I'm doing it anyway. Follow along on Substack!