From pre-med to paid ads.
I've always had a knack for advertising. I'm finishing a biology degree at Hobart, where I also play Division I lacrosse, and I graduate this spring.
The real turn came my sophomore year, when I tore my ACL playing lacrosse. It put me in a new headspace. For the first time I saw that lacrosse ends one day. That's when I started getting serious about business.
Photo: ACL surgeryI did the rehab, came back, and became a key part of my team as a junior. That year taught me a lot about who I am and where my skills are off the field.
For a long time I was pre-med. I worked as a medical assistant and in physical therapy. Somewhere in there I realized healthcare wasn't the path for me.
Advertising is what clicked. At the clinic where I was a medical assistant, I started running their ads, and I found something I was good at and something I loved.
I love working inside Meta. I love making the creative, writing the copy and finding the angle that makes someone stop scrolling. I love the follow-up that turns a lead into a booking, and I love when all of it runs like a system. I run my whole life that way.
What keeps me going is watching a business grow the way the owner wanted it to, and knowing I helped get it there. I also want to build something of my own that means something. This business lets me do both.
Outside of work, you'll find me in the gym or on the lacrosse field.
Photo: playing lacrosse