Bridget

"I joined Teach for America straight out of college and was a science teacher, kind of melding my science background along with my kind of people person personality, and really enjoyed working with kids and found that to be a really fulfilling job."

"Some people don't wanna meet face-to-face, uh, so Zoom, phone calls, emails, things like that."

"it's a really good mix of person in person and behind the screen a little bit"

"It really is that you need to come to this work with your own mission and passion for the mission."

"I love that I get to connect these two different worlds with each other."

"It's really how do we share the needs of people in other countries in a way that doesn't exploit children, and doesn't come across in a, uh, kind of 'I know what's best for you' way,"

"Everyone is generally a very good person. Everyone is there for the mission. You can't fake your care for different things."

"The people who thrive in fundraising are very authentic and also very empathetic."

"Fundraising takes time. It doesn't happen overnight."

"And then as you grow in that role, you can move kind of up the fundraising ladder to a role, to more and more building your own fundraising portfolio."

"Sometimes it's okay to say no. Knowing that there are boundaries, and setting those boundaries is important."

"I think really listening to what you are interested in and care about is one of the most important things you can do."