>> Coming into Rutgers really brought into my view just of the world in general.
I think Douglas kind of showed me what it was to be a woman in this day and age in a career path.
I certainly think that both Douglas and Rutgers prepared me
with certain skill sets again to go out.
There's definitely a double standard and different expectations
for a woman just in general working full time.
So kind of breaking down those barriers and finding where I wanted to be,
making my own, you know, way in certain things.
I do think a lot of the professors that I have here on campus were very accessible.
First, coming into Rutgers I remember being that new student orientation and you, you know,
walked by the lecture halls and they can seat up to, you know, 400 people at a time.
And I came from -- I come from a very small town.
And that was very overwhelming for me.
But all of the professors were highly accessible going office hours, making contact.
Again, some of the relationships that I built, you know, for example, with Professor Grosso,
with the School of Communication and Information, were really important
because they were willing to show me not just what you learned in the classroom but also how
to apply that when you get into internships or, you know, full time.
And I think going into my first internship I realized how different it was,
learning in a classroom and then applying it in the real world.
So I definitely think that Rutgers prepared me not just while I was at school
but to take those skills outside of the University.