Oh, I have been in the broadcast industry since I'm 14 years old.
I did my first radio commercial, which was a fluke.
I wasn't even supposed to do it, but I did.
And I got to play a teenage shoplifter for a radio spot
for a department store in Philadelphia.
And I thought, oh my God, they just paid me to speak.
All right, we could do this.
So I was a bit of a theater kid.
And then I majored in communications in college.
And I'm one of the few people, well, one of the relatively few people who can say,
I've had a job in the industry all the years I've worked.
And that is saying something.
I've been very lucky.
I have pivoted where I've needed to pivot.
I've taken chances where I thought the outcome might work, and it did.
And TV, radio, producing, on air, anchoring, reporting.
And now what I do is to pay it forward
and to teaching is really at the heart of what I do.
I did that for a while too at Hofstra University in New York.
And so this coaching is just an extension of that.
I love to help young people find their way in the business.
And I say, yes, I'm one of the few broadcast vocal coaches there are.
But voice is such an intimate thing.
I think your voice print is as individual as your fingerprint.
And so to work with somebody on that, that they trust me with their voice,
is a very intimate gesture.
And so I handle it carefully.
But in helping anybody with public speaking tips or anchoring tips
or just building the confidence to talk in front of a group, that's a joy for me.