This document summarizes Maaret Pyhäjärvi's career journey and experiences in software testing and agile practices over several decades: - It begins in the late 1990s when she started in functional and localization testing in Finland, and began researching exploratory testing. - In the 2000s she worked as a senior tester, test manager, and principal tester while also teaching and researching testing methods at a university. She helped companies transform to agile practices. - Recent pivotal moments include advancing ensemble and pair programming practices for testing in 2014-2015, and unifying manual and automated testing in 2018 with her work on contemporary exploratory testing. - Throughout her career she has overcome challenges like public