Back in the QUEEN CITYI was born in Cincinnati, but I moved to Chicago in the fifth grade.
I'm the oldest of five. I know that my siblings look up to me, and this makes me conscious of the decisions I make. In August 2017, leaving my siblings was hard. For the first time, I was left to think for myself. Having gone to high school in a suburb of Chicago, UC was not really on my radar as I began my college search. However, as I learned more about the co-op program, I began to seriously consider the university. The Lindner College of Business offers me opportunities that I cannot find anywhere else. After receiving my acceptance letter into the Business and University Honors Programs, I could only see myself as one thing: a Bearcat. If it were not for co-op, I would not be back in Cincinnati. I am pursuing majors in both accounting and in business analytics, but I don't know what I want to do after college. I learn by doing things, so I know that my co-op positions will help guide me in the decisions I make about future. |
So far, I've completed three rotations at Ernst & Young:
1. I worked in tax, preparing quarter-end reports for clients.
2. I served on three client-service teams assisting in the year-end audits of both private and public companies in the Dayton area (commuting from my sorority house in Cincinnati).
3. I helped to complete advisory, or consulting, projects for global clients with a focus on people services and data driven insight.
Now, I work as an analyst intern at a small research company called the Connell Group. I've done a 180-degree pivot from my past co-ops at EY, and I am excited to see what I will learn about myself and the work I want to do post-grad. This summer, I will be helping Connell re-vamp and overhaul their data visualization and charting techniques to offer additional insights to clients and increase project efficiencies. I am energized by the opportunity I have to lead a project on my own, and eventually to pitch a solution to the team of 14 employees at Connell. I am grateful to be employed this summer, no matter where it takes me.
1. I worked in tax, preparing quarter-end reports for clients.
2. I served on three client-service teams assisting in the year-end audits of both private and public companies in the Dayton area (commuting from my sorority house in Cincinnati).
3. I helped to complete advisory, or consulting, projects for global clients with a focus on people services and data driven insight.
Now, I work as an analyst intern at a small research company called the Connell Group. I've done a 180-degree pivot from my past co-ops at EY, and I am excited to see what I will learn about myself and the work I want to do post-grad. This summer, I will be helping Connell re-vamp and overhaul their data visualization and charting techniques to offer additional insights to clients and increase project efficiencies. I am energized by the opportunity I have to lead a project on my own, and eventually to pitch a solution to the team of 14 employees at Connell. I am grateful to be employed this summer, no matter where it takes me.