>> So, I went to Penn State University in the School of Hospitality of Management,
which is within the College of Health and Human Development and I majored
in hotel restaurant and institutional management.
So, I actually decided I wanted to be in hospitality when I was in high school.
It was kind of a twist between I loved traveling and I loved when we were staying at hotels
and just that whole aspect of someone being there and greeting you and you stepping
into your home away from home, just I loved it.
But I graduated in December 2013 and I did have a job waiting for me right as soon as I got out
and so I decided to take no time off and step right into that position.
And I was at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, so that was my first job out of college.
And I participated in their management development program, which essentially,
in our industry, is pretty close to a graduate school.
So, I spent two years in various management roles at the Waldorf Astoria.
That kind of propelled me and in the hotel business right in New York City,
it's a very prominent program to be part of.
So, as soon as I graduated my program, I was a luxury sales manager at the Waldorf Astoria.
Unfortunately, the hotel will be closing from 2017 for a very, very in-depth renovation.
So, it's very exciting but again, as a salesperson, I had to make the decision
for my career to leave at that point.
So, I joined Denihan Hospitality Group and I previously had done an internship with them,
so we were very familiar, absolutely love the company.
It's family run, it's very small.
They own the boutique hotels in the New York City area, so a really,
really nice group to be a part of.