Tracey Parrish

Tracey Parrish

Senior Marketing Manager


AT&T Foundry

Plano, TX USA


My mother was like, 'You're never going to make any money!' OK, you know, I'll figure that part out later. I may be a broke teacher, but I'll be a happy teacher, and I'll be doing so much good and it will be worth it.

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Tracey Parrish

Milestones

My road in life has been direct.
When she was growing up, math was her favorite subject, so everyone pushed her into engineering.
She went to a college that was known for its excellent engineering program, but when she got there, she realized she hated it.
Without telling anyone, she switched her major and started studying to become a teacher.
When she finally told her parents she was going to be a teacher, they freaked out and told her she'd never make any money.
Says that she always knew that if she was doing good as a teacher, she wouldn't care if she was broke.
She spent six few years teaching, then she became a corporate trainer with AT&T.
Now she works with the AT&T Foundry, building mutually beneficial relationships between small tech startups and AT&T.
Says that even though it seems she's stepped away from teaching, she still gets to mentor young people, which is what she loves.
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Career

Senior Marketing Manager

I talk to other companies and seek out new technologies to support and bring to AT&T.

Career Roadmap

Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Education
Numbers
Teaching / Mentoring

Interviewed By

Don't Feel Trapped

Don't Feel Trapped

At Texas Instruments, the Roadtrippers interview Process Integration Engineer Byron Williams before heading to the ATT Foundry to meet Senior Marketing Manager Tracey Parrish. Later, at the National Space Biomedical Research Center, Deputy Chief Scientist Dorit Donoviel talks about shifting careers.