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Sarah's work combines: Education, Government, and Being Creative
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Bucknell University
Graduate Degree
Political Science and Government, General
Bucknell University
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be an Education Administrators, Postsecondary:
Graduate Degree: Public Policy Analysis, General
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
I went to college without any idea why, it just felt like college was what I was supposed to do.
2.
I realized what I really loved was making art, being creative, and being around creative people.
3.
So I dropped out of college and traveled around making art.
4.
I got a job at an awesome arts nonprofit. I realized I could be an "artist" in any job.
5.
I decided to go back to college so I could be a leader in an arts nonprofit or work in arts policy.
6.
I rocked college the second time around, and was offered a place in a public policy grad program.
7.
I had an internship in DC with the National Endowment for the Arts researching arts education.
8.
In DC I got into ed reform, and got the job I have now - "creating" change in public schools.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Parents:
You're a good artist and all, but you're too smart to just be an artist. You should go to college so you can get a real job.
How I responded:
Here's a quote from Robert Henri, "When the Art Spirit is alive in any person, WHATEVER HIS KIND OF WORK MAY BE, he becomes a daring, searching creature... He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, opens new ways for understanding." Being an artist is at the core of who I am as a person, and it's my special gift I offer the world. Once I owned that, I became an artist-at-work in everything I do. Now I'm an artist dreaming up new solutions for the biggest problems facing public schools today.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
I definitely rebelled from my parents and had a strained relationship with them for a long time. But I just followed my heart and showed them that I was going to make something of my life, bigger and better than anyone would've guessed.