Career Goals

It was during the summer of 1998 when the Assistant Editor of Girls’ Life Magazine called to ask me to write an article for their Reader Produced issue that I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was only 12-years-old, but I was already dedicated to making my dreams come true: I wanted to write for a magazine.

I have been writing, editing, collecting, scribbling, jotting, cutting, and pasting my way into the minds’ of girls across the country with e-zines (online magazines) that I have produced since I entered middle school. I have practiced the art of networking for years it seems: I have had sponsorships from companies like Candy Kisses Lip Gloss and OOP! Juice beverages for my various magazines and projects. I ran my own website for a period of time and I have also formed relationships with other girls interested in the same career paths, including some who have already succeeded in this field like Anna and Christina Olivo of www.girlything.com. Regardless of the fact that I was only 12 when I wrote my first real article, my mind was made up and I have not once strayed from this dream.