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Oh, I have been in the broadcast industry since I'm 14 years old.

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I did my first radio commercial, which was a fluke.

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I wasn't even supposed to do it, but I did.

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And I got to play a teenage shoplifter for a radio spot

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for a department store in Philadelphia.

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And I thought, oh my God, they just paid me to speak.

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All right, we could do this.

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So I was a bit of a theater kid.

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And then I majored in communications in college.

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And I'm one of the few people, well, one of the relatively few people who can say,

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I've had a job in the industry all the years I've worked.

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And that is saying something.

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I've been very lucky.

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I have pivoted where I've needed to pivot.

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I've taken chances where I thought the outcome might work, and it did.

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And TV, radio, producing, on air, anchoring, reporting.

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And now what I do is to pay it forward

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and to teaching is really at the heart of what I do.

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I did that for a while too at Hofstra University in New York.

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And so this coaching is just an extension of that.

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I love to help young people find their way in the business.

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And I say, yes, I'm one of the few broadcast vocal coaches there are.

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But voice is such an intimate thing.

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I think your voice print is as individual as your fingerprint.

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And so to work with somebody on that, that they trust me with their voice,

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is a very intimate gesture.

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And so I handle it carefully.

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But in helping anybody with public speaking tips or anchoring tips

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or just building the confidence to talk in front of a group, that's a joy for me.