[inaudible] was a radio, television and
film major, but my parents [inaudible]
so my degree is JPRA, journalism,
public relations, and advertising,
and my first internship was at
community college in their marketing
and government relations office and I had
a wonderful opportunity there to write
and do press releases and do interviews and
so that's kind of what gave me my foundation
and from there I worked for a special
events planner and from there I went
on to be a business and community
liaison with the Philadelphia Job Corp
and that opportunity led me to do what
was originally community relations
in Senator Hughes' office but as the
events became, you know as they increased,
then that responsibility
kind of grew into its own so
and that's how I became the
special events coordinator.