-: So I had a little bit of an untraditional path.
I transferred into the University of Minnesota.
When I first tried to transfer,
I didn't get the best feedback with my chances
of making the University of Minnesota.
My freshman year wasn't the greatest year for me
at a previous college.
And so that kind of lit a fire under me
and it also made it more important to me
and also I appreciated it more
once I got here because it is a great university,
so when you're in here, make the most of it.
If I was more prepared also untraditionally, too.
I guess I worked a lot during school.
I held a full-time job.
For me it was to meet goal ultimately was
to graduate no debt
and so I did a lot of working and so
I missed some of that aspect, but
I did have an understanding of my areas
that I wanted to learn
and I was able to apply them in real life,
especially my finance courses.
I like doing investing on the side,
so I'm able to use a lot of those
principles that I've used,
create different Excel calculators and such.