>> So I graduated from Penn State University.
I got my degree in psychology with a business minor.
I was pretty open.
As psychology is extremely broad, I just knew that I liked working
with people and I like helping them.
And, you know, beyond that I was kind of trying out at college to see
where I kind of wanted to lead into.
So I kind of did, you know, some internships.
I was a crisis counselor, a research assistant, and really found that I liked more working
in the education system and decided to go to grad school.
So I actually got my degree in counselor Ed.
And I got my certification in secondary school counseling.
And so I was actually a school counselor for about three years.
I really loved working with the older high school students.
I really liked focusing in on the career options they had, the academic piece of it.
And then in, I think it was 2011 I was told that my entire high school
that I was working at was closing down.
So I was going to be out of a position in a year.
Which was really nice, you don't normally get a year to say you don't have a job anymore.
So I started looking at options for me.
And I kept coming across higher education and career services.
And it seemed like a really good fit.
And I winded up here in career services.
I actually decided to go back for a grad program so that I could broaden my range
of what I could do and where I could work.
So I went back for a student affairs degree to work in higher education.
I ended up as a GA in career services and then they hired me on full-time.