Margaux

"I used connections from that volunteer position to find my first job"

"I'm primarily responsible with ensuring that the Statewide contract for my client is basically executed smoothly."

"Actually, you know, logging into the system and trying to basically break stuff and make sure that there's no bugs in the program"

"a major skill is for any project management role would be organization and attention to detail."

"I like that, you know, not every day is the same; there's a bit of a cycle to my role."

"My biggest challenge is the technical aspect; interacting with engineers and developers without a technical background."

"It's a very growing industry right now, there's lots of new players and so it can be very exciting just to see like what new products are out there."

"There's a mix of definitely people who are mission driven and intrinsically motivated."

"I didn't realize how much client facing the role is and I, you know, when I started I didn't even know the term client relationship management."

"You sort of slowly build up to interacting with the client interacting with internal teams and even taking a lead on some projects"

"people are pretty excited when you ask them questions about their life and their past experiences"

"I advocated to the administration about why it should be a major. I put together a report. I did all that with a team of other students."

"Being part of the LGBTQ community definitely makes me a little bit maybe more selective about the places that I work."