Hi, my name is Laura Rossi, I am currently a Senior at Baruch College and this is my last semester in school. I became a Business Journalism major in the fall of 2011 and I have completed my minor in Graphic Design. I was born and raised in New York City and I can’t really imagine living anywhere else.
My mother is from Colombia and my father is from Italy, making me a first generation college student in my family. I like to travel and I have been to both countries many times. I feel it is important to keep in touch with my family out there and in turn, my culture and roots.
I currently work as an assistant manager at a boutique located at the W Hotel in Times Square. I have worked there for the past three years and feel it has been a very comfortable job to maintain while being in school. It has also taught me a lot in terms of dealing with people, the psychology of shopping and being patient and easy-going.
Since it is my last semester at Baruch, I constantly get asked what my plans for after college are and, to be honest, I am really not sure yet. I do love to write, so I am hoping I will be able to pursue something within that field but I also do not feel the need to rush into anything job wise. As corny as this might sound, I feel that life is too short, and to have your life completely planned out as soon as you graduate seems a bit unrealistic.
No one knows where life is going to take you and my mentality is that the most important things about it are your feeling of accomplishment and that at the end of the day, you are happy with how things turned out. This definitely sounds like I’m just bullshitting to conceal the fact that I don’t know what I’m going to do career wise, but I do genuinely feel that way.
Though I don’t know where I will be professionally, I know that when I do figure it out, I will be whole-hardheartedly invested and that it will make me feel accomplished. Until then, I am totally fine with taking a break from school, at least a year, and then I potentially plan to attend grad school.