>> So, I went to Rutgers, I graduated in 1995.
My major was Spanish and actually a took a
lot of art classes 'cause at some point--
at one point, I thought that I was going to also
graduate with the visual arts major and I ended
up only just finished Spanish 'cause
I wanted to enter the work force.
I always like Spanish since I was little.
I know some people say, "Why would you
study Spanish, you already spoke Spanish."
But it's not about that it's
like people studying English.
I wanted to be a professor.
I wanted to be a teacher.
I always like the idea of teaching people and it
doesn't really matter whether they're children
or adult it's just that there's-- for me my
personal experience, I have had many moments
in my life where one of those Aha!
moments when you're talking to someone or
it could be your teacher, your professor
and you get something and it's that moment that
you realized, wow, I just learned something new
and just for that alone, I think it's
such a great feeling that I always wanted
to be a teacher since I was young.
It's an interesting thing because I came out of
Rutgers thinking that that's what I was going
to do but I started looking for a job.
So, I apply at Silver Line.
Silver Line and was my first job out of college
and they took me and basically they took me
because I spoke Spanish and
they needed somebody bilingual.
And so I took the job as an HR assistant.
At the time, I had no experience
whatsoever in human resource
so I basically learned everything
that I know now on the job.
I've been there 17 years and in a way I
feel like I have accomplished my dream
because I am coaching and teaching
and developing people every
single day so it's kind of cool.
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