>> I had grown up, probably when I was 15 I got a part-time job after school working
with a family who had a child with autism.
And I got trained on [inaudible] therapy in working with this child,
and after working with that family, we ended up moving, and I started working
with another family, and so by the time, you know, I was thinking about colleges,
having the experience of working with different kids whether it was individual therapy
or doing Special Olympics when I was in high school, I was really passionate
about working with kids with special needs.
When I got to college, I figured that would be what I should do, so that's why I enrolled
or decided on a major of special education.
I actually only applied to one school, Penn State.
Luckily I got in, and it was fantastic.
And my experience at Penn State through the College of Education really, I think,
helped make me be successful in business.
The skills that you learn, I think, are very much transferable to other industries.
So whether it's conflict resolution or communication and working through processes,
those are all transferable skills that you would want to be very good at regardless
of what industry or what job you choose.