For most people, saying that your major is in journalism and creative writing leads them to think that you may like to write stories of some kind, whether it be news or tales of fiction. But for Hayley Bifulco, the motive to have a major in journalism is slightly different. “I never particularly loved writing because I didn’t think I was very creative or good at it. Journalism gives the plot of the story and then I get to choose the way to tell it.”

The 21 year old senior at Baruch lived in West Hempstead her whole life, and while she may not love writing, she certainly enjoys acting and theater. “I’m in the Fine and Performing Arts Department’s Fall production of “Lysistrata” as Lysistrata, which runs from November 18-22,” Bifulco said. “I studied acting at my community college and picked up the theater minor at Baruch  because I need more credits to graduate on time and I already had a lot of the theater minor prerequisites.” Other than acting, she also works on Long Island as a soccer instructor for preschool-aged children and volunteers at her church.

The decision to transfer from a community college to Baruch was a relatively easy decision though. “I needed to transfer after receiving my associates and CUNY and SUNY schools were the only affordable options, but very good ones.” Eventually, a journalism faculty member recommended taking feature article writing. “I’m glad I registered for it this semester,” she said. Ideally, in the future, if there was a way to combine her theater and journalism experience together, “that would be awesome.”