>> I think I wouldn't be where I am today without the education
and experience that I have at USC.
I -- like I mentioned a little bit earlier, the program at [inaudible] Leventhal is very good.
It gives you the opportunity to network with all the big fours, mid-tier firms and a lot
of different options within the accounting realm.
But also more importantly, it's the [inaudible] at work.
So I was actually a part of the Marshall Advantage Program, the CAP program,
and I met a lot of different mentors in different industries, not just accounting,
in the beginning, and they gave me a lot of different insights that kind
of help shaped you know, where I want to be today and lead to my career path now.
So I actually interned at the end of my sophomore year
in Hong Kong at an advertising agency.
So when I first got into Marshall, my thought was,
"Maybe I would like to do marketing or advertising."
But after that, I just kind of realized, I wasn't as creative as I thought I am.