I'm pretty sure I was too young to be working this job legally but it was a great introduction to working life. I worked one day a week and perfected my steaming abilities and mastered a clean fold.

My love for mozzarella grew exponentially after starting this job. This is truly where I learned most of my people skills and practiced the art of patience. I mostly went so I could eat chicken parm any time I wanted.

My summer job in college was to scan legal documents for a local law firm. I spent about 4 hours a day removing staples and the other 4 hours fixing paper jams. I listened to about 15 full podcasts while on the job that summer (this is where my love for true crime podcasts was born).

My dream was always to work with Broadway, some way, some how. I even took an unpaid internship that was 2.5 hours away to make that dream come true. Although I was a social media intern, I begged my supervisors to let me sit in on every client meeting. I got to see the account executives nail a presentation, get yelled at and even got applauded myself. At the end of this internship, I realized my dream to work for a Broadway specific firm was fading but my love for account services was coming into focus. On my last day, my supervisor said "why didn't you apply to be a client services intern?" Foreshadowing much?

I lucked out with my on-campus job because I got paid to sit at a desk and do my homework. Just kidding (kind of)...I worked with the most amazing professors who solidified my love for advertising. I was also the in-house graphic designer for the Comms department (Designers, just look away from that last sentence, please).

After an internship opportunity at Spitball that unfortunately never played out (timing issues), there was something about the energy in the interview that I couldn't shake. Fun fact: I applied to the Junior AE position while I was at my other internship. Luckily, timing was now in my favor and I got another interview. Spitball has been an amazing journey of trying new things and jumping into new projects whenever I can. I've also become the official in-house event planner. I've learned more about client services than I ever knew was possible and I genuinely love coming into work everyday with this crazy crew.