Career Roadmap
MaryGrace's work combines: Writing, Journalism, and Working Independently
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Marygrove College
Graduate Degree
English Language and Literature, General
Marygrove College
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Historians:
Bachelor's Degree: Historic Preservation and Conservation, General
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Got a teaching degree because I loved to work with kids.
2.
Taught at the elementary school level one year full time about 10 years part time.
3.
Got burned out teaching. Kids all day and my own three at home.
4.
I went back to college to study social work.
5.
I had an elective course in the history of American architecture.
6.
I met students who were studying Historic Preservation and I decided to look into that major.
7.
After some research I changed my major but also realized that I had many prerequisites to take.
8.
In the next two and a half years I took sixty graduate credits to meet the requirements.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
You should always put others first.
How I responded:
The religion I was part of. I finally figured out that I needed to be my own advocate and take good care of myself first.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
Finding time to study with a part time job and the role of mother.