Jean Dibner is the mistress of reinvention.

After spending 17 years at home raising her children, she went back to school and earned a computer science degree at the age of 40.

She eventually worked her way up to become the senior vice president of Avid Technology, a digital film-editing company. But something was missing.

So, she took an early retirement to pursue her passion for sculpting.

She talked to Growing Bolder about her award-winning art works and how she finally found her true calling. Click here to check out some of her pieces.