Julie Drew likes finding the story in everything. Novels, comics, even “an especially well-crafted tweet” all inspire this self-described avid reader. That love of reading and stories is probably why Julie calls her dual roles as a novelist and a tenured English professor at The University of Akron a perfect fit. After all, not everyone…
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Ella Camburnbeck
Graduating from the University of Virginia with an urban planning degree, Ella Camburnbeck thought she’d landed just the right gig as she packed up for Washington D.C. to work for a general contracting firm. It didn’t take long, however, for Ella to realize that the real love affair wasn’t with her position, but with the…
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Joanne Brasch
Although no two days may be the same for Joanne Brasch, one aspect of her job is a mainstay: her passion. Joanne’s zest to bring attention to the diminishing sector of textiles research in the United States is evident. As a sustainability researcher and associate instructor in the UC Davis Department of Textiles, she teaches…
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Heather Hiles
Traditional, text-based resumes and portfolios can fall short when you’re trying to get a prospective employer or school admission counselor to pick you out of a pile. You can tell them about your achievements, but with such limited space, how do you show them? Enter Pathbrite and its CEO and Founder Heather Hiles. With Pathbrite, students can, as Heather…
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Lindsey Lehman
Private Special Education Teacher Lindsey Lehman describes taking her current job as "the bravest thing I've ever done." Lindsey was fitful and seeking more, but wasn't sure what that "more" was. She saw a posting for a job in Bermuda and applied; never stopping to question why she was drawn to a place she'd never even…
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Jessica Hammer
Jessica Hammer has always been a creator. In fact, she was only eight years old when she started designing her own games, which led to games for all of her friends' birthday parties, too. And now, as a Mellon Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Fellow at Columbia University, Jessica fosters that same creativity by designing a wide…
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Athena Vongalis-Macrow
Athena Vongalis-Macrow had just decided to leave her previous job and take some time off after a tough year when a position as a senior lecturer in the faculty of arts and education at Deakin University in Burwood, Australia came up. She decided to go for it, thinking she had nothing to lose. Athena got the job….
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Alyssa Catlin
When Alyssa Catlin was only 4 years old she knew exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up. This helped her get a head start on her dream of becoming a classical guitarist. At 16 years old, she was featured on the NPR show, "From the Top," was placed first at the American…
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Carol Schmidt
Meet Carol Schmidt, editor-in-chief of Mountains and Minds, Montana State University’s magazine. Carol also serves as the assistant director of the MSU News Service. In her job she gets to conceptualize the magazine from start to finish. This means she can shape stories and watch them come to life on paper, which she will tell…