Do you like to write, paint, sing, edit videos, fold origami, or participate in some other type of creative expression? Has it been difficult for you to find time for your creative practice since you started college?

Amy Glasser (FCRH ’16) talks about her experiences of serving with the Peace Corps and pursuing her interest in educational development.

“It's really important to love what you're writing. Write for yourself first and others later, because you're going to spend a lot of time with that book, even if it gets sold. Having that passion for it makes it easy to revisit the book time and time again and spend so much time with it.”

“A key balance of self-direction and agency mixed with a willingness to leap at the unexpected opportunities that arise is what got me through college and to where I am.”

Schmieta gives tips to English majors on the job hunt!

“community is formed and maintained through a mutual agreement to keep showing up, for each other and through art.”

“What has helped me just as much through my life and career is being ‘people smart,’ which I partially attribute to relationships and opportunities started at Fordham.”