Background

In this first entry, I thought it'd be nice to give readers a little more information about myself. As you can see above, I graduated from SUNY Brockport with a bachelor's degree in English. I concentrated in Literature because I loved the idea of being able to get graded on something I do every single day anyway: read! I was originally a social work major (for one, very long semester). After my first ENL course, I changed my major to English. Towards the end of my junior year, I realized I was only six credits shy of finishing a minor in Psychology, so I added that too.

My first year at Brockport, I got a job by networking - I didn't know that's what I was doing at the time though. In fact, I've gotten all of my jobs through networking. As a freshman, my suitemate was a Delta student. Because she had had a different freshman orientation than me, she had been informed of America Reads, a literacy program that provides students with internship experience at the local middle or elementary schools. She gave me Rob DiCarlo’s contact information because he is the Associate Director of Career Services and the internship coordinator. Through the America Reads program, I earned six upper-division college credits, got paid through work-study, and made a lot of contacts for the future. Then, when I was ready for a change, I contacted Rob DiCarlo again. He had taught the course necessary for America Reads students so he knew me very well after two years. Luckily, he had a position open at the Career Services office for an assistant. He offered me an application and, after an interview, he hired me. I’ve been working at Career Services ever since.