Strategy/Copywriting Student at Miami Ad School

When I was 5-years-old, I starred in a LeapFrog TVC, but then I ninja-kicked the director’s kid in the face, he got a bloody nose, and my involuntary break from the world of advertising began. Here’s what I did during my hiatus…

Intern→Associate at M Strategic Communications & RK Strategies in Los Angeles, USA

  • Acquired skill: controlling the news

  • Takeaway: When putting out fires, use puppet strings, not water.

Psychology major & creative writing minor at Colby College in Maine, USA

  • Acquired skill: recognizing patterns in human behavior, analyzing the research behind them, then using them for storytelling

  • Takeaway: With a bit of creativity, tension, and the right perspective, you can make someone feel emotion for just about anything.

Marketing & Communications Coordinator at EcoSwell in Lobitos, Peru

  • Acquired skill: changing the world

  • Takeaway: There’s never a lack of resources— only a lack of creative solutions.

English Language Assistant for the Ministry of Education of Spain in Cádiz, Spain

  • Acquired skill: engaging people who don’t want to be there with fun presentations

  • Takeaway: Kids will find out you speak fluent Spanish no matter how hard you try to hide it from them.

Above all, I learned that through listening, reflecting, and most importantly, asking the right questions, I can turn curiosity, my greatest asset, into a skill. And now, 20 years later, I’ve apologized to the director’s son, he gave me a nod of approval, and I’m ready to ninja-kick my way back into advertising.

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