[GolfersLady]

I knew that my talents and interest were in marketing, public relations and advertising since high school.

In college, I was a marketing major but then took accounting and new the College of Business wasn't for me. So I switched to Communication/Public Relations because it would allow me to still graduate on time with similar coursework. I then landed a great graduate assistantship in community relations and marketing at the university so while I gained work experience I earned a Master of Public Administration degree for free (again, didn't want to deal with the math of a MBA!).

I worked in ad/PR agencies for six years and now have returned to higher education at a private university in admissions doing recruiting, events and special projects (wahoo!). Both of my degrees are relevant to the work I did and still do in marketing for non-profit, government and higher education.