As an outsider, breaking into an industry can often seem like an impossible challenge and so we reached out to some very generous folks who agreed to share their stories of how they broke into their respective industries.

Courtney Burgess

Tame one of the Artifacts is Child hood friend when he got signed to BigBeat / Atlantic Records he called me and gave me job as the manager of his group artifacts Read more>>

Abby Huth

When I entered the Master of Social Work program, I was completely convinced that I wanted to work with children. I thought I may become an adoption social worker or work in a school setting. I’ve always loved children and thought this population is who interested me the most and that I would be the best suited for. It’s safe to say I was pretty far off the mark. Read more>>

Maria Winters

At the age of 23, having recently arrived in the country a few months earlier as a transfer student from my home country of Venezuela to pursue a degree in Psychology, I found myself residing in Boston, MA and attending Northeastern University. During my daily walks to class, I routinely passed by a mental health clinic, which piqued my curiosity. Read more>>