>> 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.