My Mobile Storytelling professor, Wayne Garcia, mentioned in class today that when you learn what you don't want to do and what you do want to do, it is such a big career win. 

I didn't realize this until he said it. 

I graduate in May, so it feels like everything I'm doing is for my portfolio and that I have to continue a job search that I never even knew I started. 

I recently went through an interview process with a company I greatly respect for its commitment to internal growth, its support of college students, and the genuine care it shows for its employees. While the opportunity itself was incredible, I ultimately realized that my long-term creative goals require a different path. I remain truly grateful for the experience and for the people I met along the way, and I hold nothing but respect for the organization. Choosing to pursue creation is a personal decision rooted in where I see my future.

Creating content is such an integral part of who I am. I have been creating content for 11 years, and it's everything to me. As I progress in my senior year of college, as I progress into my film and production classes, I am learning that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I don't want to be tied to an office, a 9-5, waiting to get home to be creative. I want to be on film sets, behind a camera and wearing a headset, and in front of a camera documenting my own struggles and successes. 

Professor Garcia, thank you for bringing light to an incredible, unconventional career win that I just went through. I cannot wait to be in your capstone class next semester.