"If I could go back and give myself advice before college I would tell myself it is okay not to have everything figured out. I thought I needed to go as far away from Oklahoma as I could, so I started my college journey out of state, then after a semester realized it wasn't the right fit for me. I came back to Oklahoma and it took me awhile to figure out where I wanted to go from there. I eventually ended up at UCO. I remember taking a basic Intro to Mass Communications class and I was hooked immediately. I had finally found a field I was interested in; but I still had some figuring out to do. I started out thinking that I wanted to be a reporter, then through an internship I was introduced to social media and began learning about online branding. The internship lead to a position on staff with the company. Even though my career path has changed yet again, everything has really come full circle for me and I will be graduating this December. Going from not knowing where life would take me to having a job in my career field before even graduating is a big change. It would have been a lot easier if I would have known this my freshman year but everything happens for a reason. I have  learned to appreciate the journey."