Milestones

My road in life took a while to figure out.
In high school, I worked for the school's morning video and broadcast station.
I won an award for a water conservation video I made, leading to making connections with people from the GPB, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and landing an internship.
While applying to college, an error was made in my social security number, causing me to not receive my full state-funded scholarship.
I received the help I needed from a communciation and advise system at Georgia State known as Pounce and received my scholarship from the help provided by Pounce.
A year later, the Bill Gates foundation decided to make a visit to Georgia State, and I was one of the few students chosen to tell my story and experience to the foundation. I met Bill Gates himself.
After the project with the Gates Foundation, I was asked to be interviewed on "Hidden Brain", the NPR show.
I went on meet Secretary of Education, Betsey DeVos, have an article written on me by the Chronicles of Higher Education, and take part in advising an ethnography paper by the Gates Foundation.
After doing all of these projects representing Georgia State, I figured I would properly pitch myself to work at the Public Relations office, and here I am.
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Career

Student Assistant

I work on the Public Relations and Marketing Communications team

Career Roadmap

Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Education
Writing
Communicating / Sharing Stories

Day to Day

On a typical day in the office, I may edit a few articles or flyers preparing to be sent to the public, write a profile on a Georgia State student, and prepare some media for our social outlets.

Advice for Getting Started

Here's the first step for college students

I don't believe that I myself have broken into my target industry, but the biggest thing I have learned is to always make connections and talk to people. People, people, and more people are the way to get where you want. Being able to talk professionally with someone will help get jobs, raise a person's confidence with you, and eventually lead to further quests in the future.

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Peers:

"Political Science as a major was only useful as a pre-law track and that, unless you were planning on being a lawyer or a politician, it was not viable."

Challenges I Overcame

Financial