-: After I finished my undergrad, I decided to come to UMUC
for my graduate degrees, my master's and doctorate.
Primarily because I was a working adult and I couldn't be
on campus during the day,
I had to work, and I needed flexibility, I had young kids.
And so that allowed me, UMUC allowed me to be able
to still pursue my academic interests, while pursuing
my career interests, and I think I did a really good job
being able to balance all of that.
I believe for my master's I got almost a 4.0.
So I got invited to Phi Kappa Phi and then I went
into the Doctor of Management program which was
a lot harder, and once I was in it, I was like why did I
get myself into this?
Especially with two young kids, and then I started
my business, I think my third year in,
but I had that flexibility to still balance work life,
family, and still pursue my dreams and goals
and get my education.
I got my doctorate around the time I was starting
my business so it kinda helped 'cause then a lot
of my other partners would introduce me as,
"This is Doctor Stacy Trammell."
He's like, "Oh."
And it just changed, 'cause before they were looking at me,
oh this is a young person and they're new, they don't
understand this industry and so they kinda respected me
more with that title and then it gave me the introduction
to be able to explain my background, my capabilities,
what I've done, and those type of things.