My Life Be Like...
Too many young people are only familiar with the basic job titles that everyone knows, but there are thousands fulfilling, exciting professions that most of us have never even heard of. I initially thought I would be a doctor, based on what my parents wanted me to be. Then, I thought about going into politics and government. After college, things changed for me and I ended up in sales and business development. My road to success and where I am today was fraught with different twists and turns, eventually leading me to a great position with a wonderful organization. Now, I'm talking to people in my professional network about their current roles/jobs, what they do in their positions, and how they got there.
Episodes
38 episodes
Kimberly Baker - Director of Strategic Marketing
Kimberly Baker grew up in New Jersey with a lot of opportunities in front of her, until one lifechanging day when she got to shadow a neonatologist. At only 11 years old, Kim basically knew she wanted to be in the healthcare space in some capac...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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58:46
Chirayu Baxi, M.D. - Internal Medicine Hospitalist
Chirayu Baxi grew up with a physician as a father and dentist as a mother, so he knew from an early age that helping people in the healthcare space was something he wanted to do long-term. He graduated from the Loyola University Chi...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:05:51
Elizabeth Ewen, PhD - Medical Science Liaison
Liz Ewen was just a middle school student when she first came across genetics in her journey, reading a book on Cystic Fibrosis that would basically change her life. That book and her classroom learnings on Punnett squares basically set her on ...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:14:42
Nav Iyengar - Product Lifecycle Consultant
Nav Iyengar came to the United States, from India, before he was 5 years old. Starting his life growing up in Michigan and Wisconsin, Nav initially thought he would grow up to be a doctor. After enjoying Debate in high school, he then thought t...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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57:59
Allison Edwards, DVM - Veterinarian
Allison Edwards grew up and wanted to be a veterinarian. She knew at a young age that she loved animals and thought that being a veterinarian was the right job for her. Now, 25 years later... she's doing just that! She graduated from th...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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59:26
Stephanie Scearce - Staff Accountant & Consultant
Stephanie Scearce grew up in Massachusetts thinking she was going to be a dancer. She thought that dancing or teaching dance was her path in life. Then, an ankle injury showed her how quickly that could all be taken away from you. Since t...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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54:00
Jonathan Esmail - Paraeducator & Director of Athletics
Jon Esmail really had no idea what he was going to do with his life when he was growing up. He knew he loved sports, but that was about it. He had assumed that sports would take him beyond high school and would be his opportunity to get to coll...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:22:52
Daniel Tompkins - Agricultural Scientist & Founder
Dan Tompkins knew he loved science, and so he grew up thinking about going into medicine. What he didn't know then was what type of medicine he would be doing. Years of working at a local garden & nursery shop inevitably led him down his ca...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:02:30
Kristen Anderson - Owner of KNDRSN
Tune in as Kristen tells us how she went from making her own skirts as she thought about going to medical school... to owning her own design studio. She graduated from Framingham State University with his BS in Design with a Mi...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:05:19
A.J. Pelletier - CNC Operator/Graphic Designer/Vocalist
Alan "AJ" Pelletier didn't go the "normal" route of high school to college to job. He listened to advice that his dad gave him and decided to go to Trade School and bypass the college degree. Today... he regrets that decision. A.J. star...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:02:13
Janan Dave - Head of Patient Operations
Janan Dave grew up in New Jersey watching various baking and cooking shows on the Food Network, thinking that she'd grow up to be a pastry chef. As you can imagine, that hasn't happened yet. Instead... Janan has built her career on focusing on ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:02:57
Ryan Marut - Operations Manager at Ford Field
Ryan Marut grew up with dreams of being the replacement to Tom Brady as the QB1 for the New England Patriots. With those dreams not really working out, he knew he still wanted to work in and around sports. He initially went to St. J...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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58:55
Andrea Baggetta - Director of Graduate Admissions
Andrea Baggetta really liked her AP psychology class in high school. She would never have thought that one class would have then set her off on to the journey that her career has taken. She graduated from Sacred Heart University
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:05:03
Anuja Martinez - Lead, Adult ER Social Worker
Anuja Martinez went into college thinking she was going to do something in business or computer science. She left college with a completely different perspective on where her life was going to go. She graduated from Indiana Un...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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52:45
J. Salome Martinez - Screen, Theater, & Voice Actor
J. Salome Martinez went to see The Wiz as a child and the rest, as they say, is history. He knew that he wanted to be a performer, but there is no way that he thought that would lead him to a career a bona fide screen, theater, and voice actor....
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:06:33
Kate Orefice - Itinerant Teacher for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Kate Orefice was pretty much driven towards studying speech pathology from her early childhood years. That interest was further strengthened after she and her family dealt with a tragedy when Kate was in high school. By the time she was off to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:01:55
Sheila Kelly - Senior Research Project Manager
Sheila Kelly was unsure of what she wanted to be when she grew up. What she did know was that she didn't really want to have the same jobs her parents did. Well, she definitely accomplished that. She graduated early from Brandeis Un...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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59:14
Season One Wrap-Up
As My Life Be Like wraps up Season 1, I just want to thank everyone who took the time to participate this season. Also, a huge shout out to everyone who took the time to listen and support My Life Be Like!
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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5:06
Matthew Smedal - Associate Music Director on Broadway
Have you ever been to a show on Broadway or watched live musicals in the theater? Curious to know about what the life is like of someone who lives that life!? Matthew Smedal grew up wanting to be an astronaut, but that quickly changed a...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:12:22
Vikas Chokshi - Owner, Sports Marketing Consultancy
Vikas Chokshi always knew he wanted to work in sports, it just took him a little longer to get there than he thought he would. Starting in the IT industry, Vikas has an incredible journey finding him finally opening up his own sports marketing ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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58:32
Marisa Debboli-Cop - Business Systems Analyst
Marisa Debboli-Cop started out her life wanting to be a "baby doctor" aka pediatrician or someone who worked in the medical field. She was always interested in science, medicine, and healthcare. She started her college career focusing o...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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54:38
Ragini Baxi - Director of Strategic Operations
Ragini Baxi initially wanted to be an astronaut. Then, because she didn't like Math... Medicine/Healthcare was it for her. She started out thinking about being a doctor and has instead changed her path to focus on some other aspects of the heal...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:00:37
BJ Klock - Founder & Chief Executive Officer (Explicit Language)
Brian "BJ" Klock had one goal in mind when he was growing up and that was to help people and make a lot of money doing it. It wasn't about one specific path, but the end goal had been established. He left high school and attended Hi...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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56:37
Divya Baxi - Genetic Counselor
Born and raised in Belgium, Divya's journey is quite interesting on how she got from Antwerpen to Chicago with stops in London and Philadelphia! Divya was initially thinking about doing something with animals... like being a veterinaria...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:06:56
Mark Zanghi - Entrepreneur & Founder of Gatherband
Tune in as Mark takes us on his journey from wanting to be an illustrator to having an idea for a product and creating his own company! He graduated from Sacred Heart University with his BA in Graphic Design and also spent a ye...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:05:11