I was five when I wrote my first picture book (Kindergarten-Picasso-level illustrations and all), realizing I was a natural-born storyteller.
I tell stories all the time, like about how I grew up in Amish Country and how the only time I was late to school was because of “traffic” (@horseandbuggies).
Or about how I ran my family business, aka our school yearbook, which my dad was the adviser of for 25 years (and yes, he was my teacher all four years of high school; we can unpack that later).
Or the day I toured top advertising agencies in The City That Never Sleeps with Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications, savoring every New York minute, inspiring me to live out my Lucy in New York dream (which will absolutely receive higher ratings than Emily in Paris).
So I guess the least I can do is tell a brand’s story visually.
Writing was always my first love, but design really took my heart. Combine them with marketing and entrepreneurial thinking, and I became married to the idea of storytelling through advertising.
Flash forward to this past summer when I did get to live out my dream interning at StrawberryFrog in the Empire State Building. Although I shadowed the strategy, business leadership, growth, and project management departments, it was there where I learned creative was my true fit.
Probably the next story you’ll hear from me is how I made my dream of working in creative innovation a reality…