>> Being really honest with yourself about what your passions are and what are the things
that drive you, what are the things that wake you up every, that excites you when you get
up every day and what brings you joy?
Looking at those classes that really bring that out of you I think is what's most important
and just trying to develop a course of study that helps you to really achieve,
you want to be able to get a degree in something that you love and that your passionate about
and that brings you joy and so, I think that step one is just really gaining an awareness
of what it is that like at your core you want to do.
After that, I think just, you know, working really hard in school;
I cannot stress how important it is to have outside of the classroom experience.
You're just one of hundreds of thousands of college students that are graduating every year
and so you know the degree is sometimes not going to be enough and so seeking internship,
apprenticeships just other, just ways, jobs,
you can be doing to just supplement what you're getting in school is awesome,
and also it gives you an opportunity to try out what you're learning which is really great.
As an AmeriCorps alum and you know now a director of an AmeriCorps program,
if anyone wants to get involved in service the way that I have, the way that I am,
I strongly encourage you just to do a year in service.
You know there are times of opportunities not just with public allies Pittsburgh,
but there are tons of AmeriCorps programs who here locally,
and I think that you can really kind of find your niche in one of many of the programs.