New York or Bust!

New York City has been a huge theme throughout most of my life, first as a 13 year old wanting to attend Fashion Institute of Technology's fashion design program. Then, my restlessness and longing for the city permeated my 20s. When NYC became a reality and I landed at JFK International Airport for the first time to begin my journey as a communications student at age 26, at that point I knew my career and life, as it were, would begin right then and there.

As a small town girl from Washington state, I always had big plans and dreams to do something big with my life in New York City. I always wanted to have a career in fashion design but I realized in time that I just didn't have the chops to be able to design whole lines of clothing, make patterns for all the pieces and sew samples of them all nor did I want to.

Even so, I still loved fashion but as time went on I realized my true career calling--journalism/media--even before the age of 13, I loved to write and had a knack for language. Now, I know I can still do fashion as a career, but as a fashion writer/editor and stylist, these jobs would still allow me to work with clothes but in a slightly less involved manner by working with words and finished products, which is just my style. In addition to that I would like to become a part-time professor and college student media advisor.

My road to New York City not been easy by any means and I've had a few set backs along the way such as having to come back home and taking a 1-year break and then taking a year of online classes with my New York college but I am as determined as ever to make my dreams come true and I won't give up!

Fall 2011 will kick off my final year in the communications program and I will graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Arts in May 2012 (hopefully)! I'm hoping to get back to my school's NYC campus to complete my degree. I'll be sharing my journey, insights and NYC retrospectives in the New York or Bust! section of this blog. Stay tuned, because you know I'm all about NYC or Bust, baby!!