Having grown up with parents who were teachers active in volunteer work, Sandy Marshall will tell you giving back was part of her upbringing. But it wasn’t until college that she realized she could make a career of it. Sandy majored in public policy with a nonprofit emphasis at the University of Southern California, and…
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Lesa France Kennedy
Many women dream of a job in sports. Helping to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience for fans, creating marketing materials that grab fans and pull them into the venue, or even working with reporters to ensure their needs are met and that their team, venue or experience stays top-of-mind. And for the past several years those…
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Samantha Busch
NASCAR Week: This interview is part five in a series of five articles this week on jobs in NASCAR. At first glance you might wonder, “Why is I Want Her Job featuring a NASCAR wife? What’s her job?” Well, Samantha Busch isn’t your typical NASCAR wife. She’s a social media maven who tweets updates about her husband, Kyle…
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Krista Voda
NASCAR Week: This interview is part four in a series of five articles this week on jobs in NASCAR. If you've ever watched a NASCAR race, you've seen Krista Voda. As a pit reporter for NASCAR on Fox, she brings fans into the pits to get insights, predictions and reactions from drivers, crew chiefs, team owners…
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Lee Spencer
NASCAR Week: This interview is part three in a series of five articles this week on jobs in NASCAR. "Keeping it real" could be the motto Lee Spencer lives by, but if you ask her about her rules to live by, she'll tell you it's just common sense. As the senior NASCAR writer for FoxSports.com, Lee…
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Johanna Long
NASCAR Week: This interview is part two in a series of five articles this week on jobs in NASCAR. Johanna Long's website describes her as a woman with "a heavy right foot and a bright future." We couldn't have said it better ourselves. Johanna, a Pensacola native, will make her NASCAR Nationwide Series debut on Saturday at Daytona…
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Christa Thomas
With a sunny disposition that would rival even Minnie Mouse, Christa Thomas is a big dreamer who proves that attitude (and confidence) can get you far. After graduating from college at The University of Montana with a photojournalism degree, she moved to Charlotte, N.C., where she became a sports photographer who clicks pics primarily for…