Youth Action Council

I'm a twenty something storyteller who feeds her curiosity through reading, writing and asking too many questions. Although fresh to the game, I'm ready to take it, question it, add to it and raise it up. I would like to engage in thoughts, discussions and people that I wouldn't be able to absorb from in normal circumstances. Listen and learn from them, and apply that to whatever challenge I may encounter. Hopefully, as much as I absorb, I can give in return and contribute value to the team/council. When we were little, stories were told about how we could be anything we wanted to be. But nothing is easy as it seems in the stories. The tension lies in when we try to make those dreams come true. Systematic barriers have made the gap between who you are and who you want to be quite the distance. This and other barriers are why our industry isn’t where it should be (transformation, diverse creative work, etc). A scary, big task, but if we aren't scared, is it big enough? I believe that with the combination of the Youth Council and the seasoned leaders, we will be able to tackle this challenge by going into various schools and sharing our stories and educating on what exactly advertising and media entail, the opportunities, the different types of streams - engage in conversations with potential investment partners that can assist in bringing the financial barrier down; partner with various agencies to encourage more formal forms of job shadowing and internships.