Graduation Year: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) 2016

Majors/Minors/Certificates: Majors: Journalism & Mass Communication; Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies. Certificate: Fundraising & Philanthropy Communication

Current City & State: Washington, D.C.

Current Position & Organization: Web & Digital Specialist at Howard Hughes Medical Institute

How did your FPC certificate help you get to where you are today?

The mission-first and donor-centric mindset I learned in the FPC certificate program has carried me through my work in public health and communications over the years, including Planned Parenthood, National Institutes of Health, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

What career advice do you have for current NLP students?

Learn to fall in love with the daily grind. Find one issue you love and commit whatever time you have to it.