You Don’t Really Know Me

Did you just meet the real me? As I walk away from our conversation, it is quite clear that you don’t really know me. You have no clue who you are dealing with. After a business meeting, you may have at one time been me. I refer to it as “meet the parents” syndrome. Symptoms […]

How Social Media is Like a Dance Routine

Dance has played a huge part in shaping me into the woman I am today. Ever since I was a little girl, my mom would put on music and find me shaking my hips to the beat. As I continue through life, I have become aware of just how much my dance career has affected […]

From Classrooms to Clients

My Transition From a Student to a Professional When I graduated from Southern Illinois University last May, I was ready to conquer the world. I had reached the point that I had been working towards for 4 years. I was ready to apply the advertising skills that I had learned to a real world job. […]

Does Learning Ever End?

A question I asked myself multiple times throughout the education process was, “Is this really going to help me in a future career?” It was one part forward-thinking, two parts being burnt out on going to school. The lessons that college taught me were not all what I expected them to be, but that doesn’t mean […]