>> So I went to Long Beach State.
I got my undergraduate degree in speech communications with an emphasis on interpersonal
and organizational communications.
And then went out into the workforce for a while,
came back and got my masters, my MBA from Pepperdine.
I'm one of the lucky ones.
I'm one of the people that was in a class,
had fantastic professors, and the light bulb went on.
So, you know, it actually happened here at Long Beach State.
I was taking my upper division classes.
I think it was advanced organization development.
And a couple of the professors were tag teaming.
It was a husband and wife.
And it's one thing to have a book that talks about theory and all the theory and the models
and everything, and then it's another thing to bring it to life.
And these two just did a phenomenal job talking about their practical experience as consultants
and how this really makes an impact in an organization in a business.
And it was really two professors in particular
that made me realize that that's what I wanted to do.
And I've just been so lucky ever since to really just kind of launch
into it and be very successful in it.