>> I went to Rutgers University.
I graduated in 2011.
I was a part of the business school as an accounting major.
And I guess the way it worked when I was an undergrad,
the business school was something you had to apply into after your soph--
or during your sophomore year college and it's-- you started the business program, junior year.
So I came into college undeclared.
I kind of had the first two years to figure it out, do well in the classes,
have those prerequisites that I needed to get into the business school
but at the same time, it was kind of an open field.
When I was younger and my parents brought us-- I came here when I was 10 so-- from Ukraine--
so when I came here I didn't speak English or it was kind of a culture shock for me.
But my parents gave me that American dream and they brought us--
they brought me and brother here.
Financially, it was a struggle to kind of like start from scratch especially
when your family doesn't speak English.
How do you get a job that can support the family type of thing.
So I know earlier on, I mean not that my parents, you know, force me or anything
but I knew from early on if I wanted to have something, that everyone else had at school
or something that I like, I needed to earn my own dollar so I started working at 14.
I've worked in different positions.
My first job was at Dunkin' Donuts at 14 so yeah,
that's the first place that would give me a job.
They said as long as you stay way from the knives we'll give you a job to work, so.
I've done a lot of different jobs throughout and the one thing that I really like is, you know,
earning that money, accounting the money.
I worked as a server like get it-- so like I had this competitive thing.
It's like the more I work the harder I work, the more money I make.
Also, like even though that was the focus at the same time I knew that I like people so for me
to like figure out, you know, what's right for me.
If I like numbers which is like the my day like analytical stuff so I like numbers
and I like people, the business world was kind of like that open door.
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