Native of State College, Pennsylvania. I attended Pennsylvania State University where I earned a degree in Management Information Systems (MIS) (BS) from the Smeal College of Business. I also earned a BS in African-American Studies, a BA in Sociology, and a BA in Comparative Literature with an emphasis on African-American Literature and Japanese Literature. I have minors in International Business, International Studies, Japanese, and Woman's Studies. I studied abroad in the Spring of 2006 at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. During college I had the pleasure of being a police auxiliary officer with Penn State University eventually attaining the rank of assistant supervisor and then supervisor. I also had the pleasure of completing two internships during my tenure at Penn State. I completed an internship in Spring of 2009 and was able to participate in the 80 million strong summit in July of 2009. I am a U.S. citizen and have a New Zealand 2-year work visa. |  |