What I Do: Career Stories

Wilton Person is an attorney who runs his law office in Chicago, focusing on providing legal services to small and medium size businesses. Wilton earned his undergrad degree, then played baseball with the Atlanta Braves for three years before going back to school to earn his MBA.

Jessica Salerno-Woodbury has always loved music. She's run her music teaching business, Salerno Strings, for 15 years on the Big Island of Hawaii. She teaches students of all ages and learned to play a different instrument every quarter of college!

Collin McMichael heads education programs for environmental nonprofit, TreeFolks. He loves plants, trees, insects and generally the biology of the natural world.

Renee Fouquet launched CLEAN.FIT, a subscription box service for people who want healthy snacks for their busy lives. A self-proclaimed health nut, she earned her bachelors and MBA from Georgia State University.

Sandra Goldenberg is an associate veterinarian at Spicewood Springs Animal Hospital in Austin and she’s been a practicing vet for 4 years. She went to UPenn for an undergrad in biology and then went on to become a doctor of veterinary medicine. 

Susan Alfs works in biotech in L.A. as a Process Validation Specialist at Atara Biotherapeutics, launching the manufacture of their first product. She went to Carnegie Mellon and later earned her Master’s of Biosciences.

Rachel Berkowitz is a software engineer, by way of an intensive programming bootcamp, the Grace Hopper Program. She works at Lifion and volunteers with Brooklyn public high school students to teach them how to code.

Listen in as Elle Pace, who has worked at advertising firms McGarrah Jessee and GSD&M, talks about her career path in advertising with some of the most iconic southern brands on the market.

Introductory Episode of What I Do: Career Stories. Founder of Loken Careers, Alexa Loken dives into how she got to this point in her career and why she loves what she does. 

Carrie Yoder and her husband got into the world of credit card points before most people knew it existed- they then spent 5 years traveling the world FOR FREE!