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Ola, Amigos, and welcome tothe at Houston Amigos podcast, a podcast
for young professionals in the marketing andadvertising industry we're learning to navigate their early
careers. I am the current audiochair, Jacob Dantone and producer of this
fine program. Joining me today isDelaney and Jennifer And Jennifer and uh,
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Delane, what's your position and thattoo? Oh yeah, so I'll be
co hosting with Jacob today. So, but I'm a social media chair for
the club, so pretty much justkind of scheduling concepting posts for the team,
and then we have someone else wholike goes in and does like the
graphic design. Uh like the creativeteam, I think, i'd say.
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And Jennifer, I believe you were. You were now the vice president of
that too. Yes, I justgot nominated and then officially voted in into
the vice president for this now term. But I originally started up as the
membership chair, which mainly focuses onmembership outreach, trying to get new members
and then trying to get our currentmembers to go ahead and renew and keep
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the membership status. Nice. Nice, And you're you're also a University of
Houston graduate. Yes, gokoos,I graduated from you of h hop off.
Now outside of that, can youcan you kind of share with us
a little bit about yourself today?Yeah. So I am a proud Latina
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raised in Houston. So I loveHouston. It is so diverse and I
don't the only thing that's bad aboutit is that so many people now know
so they're coming to Houston and itjust creates more traffic. So yeah,
I have two dogs that I absolutelylove. And I graduated from u H
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studying advertising and Spanish. I studiedboth Spanish and advertising, and that is
because when I transferred into UH,I thought I was going to be a
Spanish teacher, high school Spanish teacherto be specific, but that was not
for me. I just think thatteachers have like a giant, giant heart
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and it takes a lot of dedicationand commitment. But I was looking for
something to be more creative and alittle bit more hands on and more adverse.
And that's where I found advertising.And then I took some classes at
h that then introduced me to theAAF portion at UH. The af UH,
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I think, and yeah, that'skind of how I got into it.
And I followed, you know,all the instagrams on socials and whatnot,
and then future down the line.This was about a year and a
half ago. Now I saw thatthey were hosting a beers with peers at
two and I was like, okay, let me go and find some people.
And then funny enough, Alex whowas with me at af u H
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was the current president for AT two, and that's how I kind of got
back into AT too and joining theclub. And wow, so like you
do want to talk more about howbecause when I was being interviewed, I
kind of went into depth of likeyou go into college with one sort of
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thought of like okay, Spanish teacher, but then you switch up to like
advertising. Were you feeling like lost? Oh yeah, yeah, definitely.
So I went to Lone Star becauseI got a scholarship from Lone Star.
So I was like okay, likeI you know, they're gonna pay me.
That's nice. And then once Ifinished that, I was like,
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Okay, where do I go next? And I looked up my different options.
But just at the time of whereI was and family commitments, I
am the oldest of three, soit was just a lot easier to stay
home and communicate commune to you ofage. So I decided on Spanish teaching
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because I loved my Spanish teacher inhigh school. She was amazing, And
I think for many careers, youdon't really know what it entails in a
complete day until you're actually in itor behind the scenes. Yeah uh huh.
You just get like the cupcake frosting, and then you don't really know
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what it takes to make it andto have it be made. And I
think that's kind of the ideology thatI went into when I transferred in and
decided to be a Spanish teacher.Then I went all the way to observations,
and I was sent out to differentschool districts and different schools, both
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middle schools and high schools during thesemi yes, and that's when I realized,
like, oh my gosh, allthe work that the teachers do,
it's a lot, and I don'tknow, kids and generations coming up.
It was like sometimes you had tobe pulling like on different strings at the
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same time just to get a littleounce of effort from these children. And
I just didn't think it was fairfor those teachers. And then other teachers
you just had like super active andhyper kids, and it was like,
hold on, I'm trying to teachyou, Like, we can't just have
fun. You also have to learnbecause that's why you're here. And ultimately,
it was a hard decision because Iwas like, wait, I thought
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I had set my mind on beinga Spanish teacher, and you know,
I was three semesters in to beinga Spanish teacher. What do I do
if I don't have that? That'sscary. Yeah, that's a lot of
commitments so far. Yeah, andlike I said, I'm a first gen.
I don't know if I mentioned that, Okay, but I'm a first
gen. So it was a lotof navigating this new world and looking for
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resources and reaching out to people thatI could trust to get some answers because
I didn't know and I didn't havesomebody who would directly point me to where
you can find these answers. ButI don't. I love you, ah,
I love its campus, I loveits resources. I think it's a
great, great school. So that'swhat I leaned into. I was like,
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okay, I was talking to myadvisors like every two weeks, and
then they would point me to otherresources around the school. And ultimately that's
when I found advertising, and luckyenough, it was something that my electives
would kind of translate into. Yeah, because everyone knows like paying for school
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is not a fun thing to continueto do and to start over, I
was like, okay, I can'talso do that. So I think that's
what kind of helped me decide oflike, okay, let me try advertising.
And then I looked into it,did my research of it and saw
the different branches that you could goHow there's like creative or strategy. Yeah,
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so I was like, okay,the same thing. Yeah, that's
just how it is. Yeah.It's also really eye opening, right because
you think, oh, advertising orcreative, but then there's different avenues,
right, same thing with audio.You think audio is just audio, but
there's there's podcasting, there's even forensicsaudio where people scrub through voicemail messages and
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clean them up for FBI and whatnot. I see. Yeah, So it's
nice to have that eye opening experienceof like, oh, it's not just
this, it's this, and thenthere's like five different branches you can go
into. And that's comforting for likeyoungsters going into their careers because it's like,
you know, and I talked aboutthis in the last time too.
But like generational differences, like mostolder people, like maybe our parents and
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two generations above, they never reallylearned that there's different things. And maybe
that comes along with progression of liketechnology and like different the job markets and
you know, getting more unique withdifferent jobs that are being created for us.
But like back then, you know, it wasn't as like avenue.
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You know, it was like okay, straight to be a nurse. Yeah,
right, you're going to be andthat's what you do. That's what
you're doing since you're done until yeah. And so us like our generations going
into like you know, being anythingwe want to be all these different things.
It's so comforting to like especially universities, Like it sounds like you have
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AH does a great job at thatat like helping their students like kind of
navigate what they want to do andtrying new things and feeling comfortable about their
decision making of what they're doing.But and I feel like that's a lot
of what we receive with members now. Like when they do come into the
CLU, they're new, you know, they're new to the market. And
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that's what's kind of special about atTO Houston is that like we're helping the
ones that are just now starting right, And so your story is like a
perfect example of like, you know, we want to be a helping hand
for you, and you did thesteps of like going into the club and
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getting more organized throughout college. Notorganized involved, yeah, getting more involved
in college. And what do youthink about advertising now? Is there anything
that sticks out to you like advertisingadvertising? Why is it you think you
can improve on or expand upon.Yeah, now, I think we are
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definitely getting a lot of different voicesbeing heard. I remember in one class
that I took at You of Age, our assignments were literally to look up
different advertisings from a certain time period, and you could really see that the
people behind it were just one typeof specific person. There wasn't a lot
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of diversity in it. And thework just speaks for itself. So I
think that now we are seeing thatwe are seeing more brands become exclusive for
either just one type of product orone type of audience. And I don't
think that's a step backwards. Ithink that's a step forward because it's something
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that we truly need. You know, the world is just not a single
type of person. Yeah, Ilike where it's moving, and I like
where it's going. I just think, like we were talking about a little
bit before we got started, alot of the space is being oversaturated at
the same time because of it,I think everyone just wants their hands on
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it, which I can definitely relateto, but that is creating it a
little bit harder to get inside.You have to know the right people,
you have to network. Yes,you have to meet the right person that
will point you in the right direction. Because it's it's just how it's working
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right now. Everybody's trying to getin right and the door is only so
big enough. You know, youcan't all squeeze at the same time.
I don't know what you guys thinkabout it and exactly, And I would
say that's kind of like you knowit well, I almost want to say
insecurity of like our field is becauseit's so competitive and sure, I mean
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maybe I have a group of medicalfriends here in Houston that they could probably
say the same thing about med schoolsand you know, nursing programs or medical
programs. But I mean, yeah, it just we're so we're such in
a competitive life right now, likepeople are, and I maybe they're just
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trying to redeem themselves like after COVID. Like, I don't know what this
sense of competition is coming from,but it's always like and who knows,
maybe it'll slow down, you know, maybe it'll happen in like like roller
coaster where you know, we'll seea dip. But right now, it
just seems like everything is so competitiveand so you're there's like this pressure where
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you always have to be your bestself. Definitely, I think some of
it also came from, like yousaid, COVID, but the fact that
when COVID happened, a lot ofpeople got furloughed or just straight fired from
their jobs and positions. So nowyou have a whole group of people who
had to kind of rapidly figure outwhat they're going to do with their lives
while they were locked down. Andthen we're back to normal essentially, right
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and now everyone's just like, well, you gotta go do this one hundred
percent. Got to you know,fight for this position or fight for this
job and fight for those money,right right, yeah, exactly. And
see I graduated. I was Decembertwenty nineteen, and oh my gosh,
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and so I applied. I putall my eggs in one basket and I
applied for the super super great internshipcalled MAPE. It is Multicultural Advertising Internship
Program and it is by the fourA's, which is an amazing agency.
I don't think they're an agency.Actually, I think they're just a nonprofit
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h I think so, but they'reamazing. And so when it happened COVID,
it was we were all set togo. The application started since October
and I was like, okay,I didn't graduate until December, but I
put in all my effort. Itwas three different rounds of the process that
people were getting cut and then gettingcut and every time I'd cross my fingers
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and I was like, please,let me just go on to the next
one. Yeah, And then Idid. And then an agency did draft
me so I could go an internwith them over the summer. But we
were set to go. It wasI think it was May of twenty twenty
and no March, March of twentytwenty, and we had everything set.
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I got in that was around January. Then we got our flights, then
we got housing, and then itwas like two or three weeks before the
internship started. That's when New Yorkwas like closed down efficiently. Wow,
And that's where a lot of peoplewere going to Internet because like we know,
New York is one of the largesttubs that we have here of agencies.
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And that's when the whole internship justlike got closed. They were like,
hold on, everything's canceled, nobody'sleaving anywhere because COVID's happening, but
we're going to figure something out foryou guys. So they were nice enough
to create it virtual and yeah,and the Villa who was the agency that
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selected me, they were also niceenough to try to tag me along.
But it was such a new worldat that time that nobody really knew how
to work virtually. Let her knowhow to have interns and like teach them
and have them collaborate and help youand learn virtually. So everyone made the
best of what they could. Butyeah, it was just very difficult to
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navigate that. So to your point, Jacob, like you have all these
people now post COVID that have allthese years of expertise trying to get this
job, and then you have peoplelike me who had to figure it out
during COVID and did something alternative becauseyou still I still had to work and
to you know, for the meantimeand now I'm trying to get back into
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this great industry. But it's like, you know, who do you choose?
Yeah? Yeah wow. So like, I mean, the best thing
I can tell you right now islike you're involved. You know, you
already did a hard step. Nowit's just a matter of like, you
know, applying for jobs, youknow, waiting for opportunities to pop up.
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And like that's the kicker, rightthere is like waiting, right,
Like I did an interview process thattook like three months, Oh my god,
and then just to find out Ididn't think I was gonna say that
for your current rule this is inthe past. But like it's just things
like that that we just have todeal with on top of everything else,
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right, and so like, butat least you got an answer. I
didn't get ghosted. A lot ofpeople just don't people, yes, and
that so frustrating, but I guessit is what it is. Really But
Okay, So as you know COVIDwas happening, and you did this internship,
what did you do after your internship? So a little bit more about
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me. When I graduated high school, I needed to find a job because
I wanted to pay for my schooland my things, but also something flexible
enough. So I started in retailokay, and then that company they do
textiles and like I started out,their dry cleaners, but they also do
restoration. So basically, like whenI think it's burned or flooded, which
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happens in Texas a lot with hurricanes, they go in, they empty out
the house so then the contractor cango and rebuild it, and then they
bring everything back clean so you cancontinue your life. After I graduated,
I was like, hey, guys, and they were like, you know
what, You've been here for solong. You're doing great. They moved
me over to the corporate side,and then that's where I kind of started.
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What is it going up the ladderon that company. I'm looking back
at it now, I don't know, don't I don't think it was a
mistake to stay with them for aslong as I did, But at the
same time, I don't know ifit also set me back now that I
want to go back into the adindustry because it's just all those years of
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experience that I have. Then maybeit would have been a little bit better
for me now if I had stuckout with the advertising route. Yeah right,
yeah, but you know, whoknows. I had a good run
there. I was moving up progressively, and then my last role was operations
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manager and we grew the company.The company was very small. We had
about twenty five employees when I started, and then a year and a half
later we had twice the size.We had about sixty employees, and we
were growing up. Renovue renovue,renovationsnov revenue, revenue, thank you.
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So we grew revenue as well profit, all the good stuff that had the
owner happy. But also I wasworking on the culture and the company layout
in the structure because I think that'swhat Yeah, but there was a point
where I was stuck in the middleand kind of like pushed against two walls
that I was just not comfortable withanymore. We had a switch in management
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at the company and I just didnot align with it anymore. It was
very, very stressful. It wasa lot of hours, a lot of
time, a lot of mental energyand capacity that I just I think I
burned out for too long, andthat's why I had to stop, because
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I was just like go go,go, go go. And then a
month after I left the company,that's when I just like I realized I
was like no, like And Ithink that's something that our age group goes
through, is that you you wantto do your best, you want to
be on top. You you wantto be the one, you want to
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see how far you can go.But we tend to forget that, like
you still need to take care ofyourself right now, Like work is going
to be there. I learned thatnow, like works unless you're a heart
surgeon, Like, nobody's gonna die. It'll be fine. Go home,
watch some like reality TV if that'swhat you need, get a good meal.
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Yeah, the work's always going tobe there no matter what. Yeah,
you know, kind of like yousaid earlier. With our generation also
as like the firstborn of our familiesand stuff, because I'm a firstborn.
I'm the only child in my familyand I you know, I'm the first
one I go to college, sothe pressure to do great and be good
and have that good job, andyou know, I think having an answer,
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it's like, Okay, you finishedhigh school, what's next. That's
the first thing that I think,unfortunately a lot of people have grown into
doing. It's like, oh,what are you gonna go next? Or
what are you gonna do next.Instead of like congratulations, take this moment
in and like realize all the workthat it took. Like you graduated college.
It's not easy, not everyone doesit. Just take that moment in.
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And I was grateful enough to havethat with my little sister. She
just graduated this year from you ofh as well, and I was like,
this is your moment, Like,do not worry about it. She's
like, but I have to apply. She wants to be a speech therapist.
She's like, I need the certification. And I was like, okay,
but like today's your day, hergraduation day. I was like,
just take it in, just enjoy, don't worry about anything else, because
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it's still there. You know,the world still moves on and everything still
happens. Yeah, unless you're aheart surgeon or like a big, big
doctor. Yeah, nobody's gonna die. Maybe keep reading books, yes,
yes, like you maybe show upand do your overtime. But other than
that, like nothing's burning down,even though in your mind you might think
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it is, it's actually not.Like take a deep breath, then it'll
be fine. Right. I knowthat there's kids because my little sister is
that way. Who like since they'refive, and they know about jobs and
whatnot. They're like, I wantto do this. My sister always knew
she wanted to work with kids andbe in the medical field. I was
the opposite of that child. Ilike, apparently I wanted to be a
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vet. And then we had toput my puppy down, and that's when
I learned that vets like not onlyhelp animals, but you also have to
like put them down sometimes. Sothat was like, Nope, can't do
that. My mom says, Iwanted to be a firefighter at one point,
and then that turned into becoming apolice officer. And then in high
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school, I wanted to be agraphic designer. I took a class for
that. I learned coding is notfor me because I also wanted to be
a web designer. I also thoughtI wanted to be an architect, so
I took another class in high schooland then we like did it on the
computer the house model, and Ithought that was fun and amazing. My
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house was great, but then wehad to like make the actual three D
model of it. That was hard. No. I was like, okay,
not for me, because then youhave to think about, like where
the sun's gonna come in where thewater. I was like, Okay,
I can't do that, can't dothat. And then that's when I found
I want to be like a dancerat one point, and then after that
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I think I found teaching. Soit's just been a rollercoaster of like what
I want to do and what Iwanted to be, And like I said,
then I went through the whole havingto figure it out again at u
of H once, like I thoughtI had set my mind into a specific
uh you know, profession that Iwas going to follow, but it wasn't
it so and I think that also, like I don't know if it's just
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here or if it's like a firstgen thing. But there's so much pressure.
I don't know if it comes externallyor like if we created intern of
like figuring out what you want todo. But thinking back, I'm like
in high school, I was onlylike thirteen fourteen, Yeah, Like why
am I supposed to already decide whatI want to do for the rest of
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my life like ten years later?Like I don't know, And honestly,
you know it it just depends fromperson to person, Like you know,
you could be experiencing some like pressurefrom family as a child, or you
could have had that pressure in yourselfall of your life and you didn't know
it. But either way, likethe pressure's there for a generation. It's
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just like I mean, maybe maybethe pressure's always been there, you know,
and society is that way too,Like it goes back to the competitive
conversation. Like I just I goon my little philosophical rants, but I
just don't like how society is.Like if you went to another country,
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you know, like uh, Europe, there's some you're and you know,
their lifestyle is not for work,right, it's for you know, their
holiday, they like take vacation andrelie. Yes, well, I've always
kind of thought because like you know, we're kind of in the age of
the influencer, right, And that'salso something from twenty twenty, right,
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is influencing has really blown up sincethen as well. Yeah, and it's
it's weird because you see these influencersand they're they're always just advertising themselves or
they're doing this, or they're doingthat, and they're doing this, and
like there's there's a weird pressure thatcomes from seeing that as well. Yes,
that that makes you want to youknow, obviously have like lived a
life like them or whatever, butalso they're working really hard to show you
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how great they're lives. Like there'sa lot of like editing and writing and
stuff in the background. Yeah,there's like time days of filming. Yeah,
And so I think I think sometimeswe get wrapped up and seeing like
influencers doing their thing, and thenwe have a pressure. We get a
pressure from that because like, well, I want to be able to go
on these crazy vacations. I needto work harder in my life, and
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I need to you know, doall these different things to achieve this.
But really on the back end,like they're also working very hard and they're
probably stressed out as well. Right, Yeah, all we see is the
end result of exactly a big teamcoming together, for sure. And like
when we are in our careers andeverything, I just think it's important for
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all of us to remember like what'smaking us happy and what's not that's that's
it, and prioritize, you know, like what's making you happy and not,
because like we're you know, mentalhealth is becoming way more amazing,
you know, talked about, whichis amazing, and so you know,
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what's making us happy? You know, like like Jacob said, like we
do get caught up and like influenced, you know, just things like that
that we're just digesting twenty four toseven, Like I'm guilty of it.
Doomscrolling. Yeah, yeah, oneis why I don't have TikTok on my
phone, and that is a smartI do have Instagram though, and TikTok's
it on Instagram, yes, butlike YouTube short yeah, they're just so
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it's like you can't get away.But I'm like, okay, at least
I don't have TikTok. Yeah,I know it in the next five years
for you, Jennifer, like,where do you see your life going if
you could look at it now?Yeah, just kind of like everything that
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we've mentioned so far. And me, I think coming out of this burnout
bubble is what I called it atone point. I just I don't like
to set very high expectations for myself. And I don't mean that in a
negative way. I just mean thatthat I don't want to let myself down
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because I think that is one oflike everybody's bigges. It's like letting yourself
down. You think you idolize thisspecific way of living or this specific job,
and then when you don't get there, it's like, oh, it's
twice as bad as like what itactually is. So I think for now
the next five years, I justwant to be It sounds cliche, but
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I want to be happy. Iwant to be content. I want to
be healthy, and I want tobe surrounded with people that like actually bring
me joy and do things that actuallybring me joy. And I think it's
a lot easier said than done.But let's see, in the next five
years, I'm going to be inmy thirties, and I think that's still
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like just barely on the like livingside. I think, oh, I
don't know if you all have readit, but it's going around right now.
It's going around that like when you'rewhen you're twenties, it's like your
first years of adult you're twenty two. You're only two years adulting, so
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calm down, you don't need tohave everything figured out. So now that
I'm twenty seven, I'm like,Okay, I'm only seven years adulting.
I understand things now. I youknow, I'm doing things that I have
to be doing, and yes,I can be doing better, but so
can the next person. You know, So five years from now, I
just I want to have more joy, more joy and like everything that is
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with work, with family, withrelationships, with you know, everything that
life entails. I don't want toset a specific like oh I have to
be here, because I think that'sjust setting myself up. The way that
I think and the way that Iam and my consistency is just setting myself
up for failure. No, Ione hundred percent agree with that. I'm
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also trying to just like enjoy stuffmore. Yeah, you know, even
I mean even leisurely activities just watchingmovies and television, because we also live
in like this hyper reactive time towhere you know, people like a new
movie or a show comes out andpeople just like, oh, just I
hated it because X y Z.And it's like, well that's not fun,
Like it's a movie, it's justit's a dumb thing that entertains you.
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Why are we why are we actingthis way? So like I've I
just I have stopped watching reviews ofstuff or like even sometimes like I won't
talk to friends about like movies becauseit's like, hey, I watched this
movie and they're like, why Iheard this is bad? Because this is
no it's I watched it to havefun, so I'm not going to tring
this conversation. So but yeah,I I one agree. Just try to
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enjoy life more right, try notto focus on the bad side of things
or just you know, the thingsthat aren't going right. It's like,
you know, every once in awhile, look at the sky and marvel
at the sun and the skyscrapers andthe planes, and I've got Yeah,
it's like, oh, my gosh, books are amazing. Two years ago,
I would not tell you that becauseI was stuck in like work,
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corporate work land. But what's areamazing. I'm like, I'm reading like
romance books, I read a mysterybook, like even self help books,
but just like it's yeah, yeah, biographies are really cool, yes,
but I find biographies to be likereally great reads. I read. The
last biography I read was I don'tknow if y'all know of her. She
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is Yeah, so she's a writerand she did an autobiography during COVID because
she's she was older, I think, like fifties or sixties, and she
was like, I am in theprime like target COVID age. So just
in case if anything happens, here'smy life. Yeah, it was really
really nice. Yeah, wow,that's cool. So what would you like
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other people to know about you thatthey might not know already? You know,
you just told us that you're you'regetting back in the reading. Is
there any anything else you would likeus to know people might not know about
me? I don't know. Ithink I would classify myself as like an
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introverted extrovert, you know those Also, I'm a Leo, So it's like
I have to get to know peoplefor me to like actually break out of
my shell. And then once thathappens, it's like, okay, like
I'm comfortable, you know, likelike I we've worked together, I've known
Delainey. No, I'm you know, okay. I love that you've popped
out astrology. Astrology yea, Ilove that. Okay, Jacob, what
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are you? I'm a Capricorn,I'm a Virgo signs so that's cool.
Fire sign yeah, true and true. Yeah, I hear it with my
hair, It's like and then theTexas heyt just makes it twice as big
and curly. Yeah, I'm sorry, Jacob. I don't I don't know.
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I don't think I speak out alot on being a first generation old
this daughter, and like you werebringing it up a lot, like on
Instagram. I think it's just myalgorithm, but a lot of my feed
it's like people are now speaking outabout it and like the pressures that comes
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with it and how a lot ofthem were they're like kind of like self
made. It's like you you don'teven hear it, like your parents don't
even tell you or like things likethat, and it really brings a toll
on you sometimes. But it alsoI think it's also built a lot of
character and it is a part ofwho I am. And yeah, like
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now I think at one point Iwas struggling with it of like oh my
gosh, it's not fair, likewhy do I this or why do like
why does this happen to me?But now I hold it like with pride
on my sleeve of like now thisis this is who built me, and
this is because of this I amI am who I am. Now you
seem very very independent, oh Iam, Yeah, which is amazing.
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You know, I really look upto people who are very independent because you
you just the way you go aboutyourself and like you know, presenting yourself.
It's a lot of people who aren'tas independent like myself. I I'm
like I'm almost like envious of that. Oh, like it's everything. Oh,
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like it's really cool. Same becauselike I'm you know, it's so
cool because we talked about like Jacob, you're the only child, You're Jennifer,
you're the oldest of I'm the baby, so like we all have like
different like yeah, yeah, see, so my siblings my sister and I
are four years apart, and thenmy little brother who is the baby in
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my house and the only boy,we are fourteen years apart. Oh wow,
so it is Yeah, it wasquite a jump. And his relationship
and I is very, very different. It's more of like, yes,
I am like his second mom,but also like I'm like living vicariously through
him now in the summer because I'mlike, hey, do you want to
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go, like look at this museumbecause I didn't get to do that as
a kid, but now it's funbecause I get to take him and then
I also get to experience it formyself and then my sister and I four
years apart. It's it's nice andit's also like a little difficult because you
know, you like, oh,I want to take your sweater without asking
you, and like we get inthose little petty arguments and things like that.
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But like I was saying earlier,when I now get to help her.
I helped her with all the Uof H and schooling stuff and things
like that. So it's like adifferent, different relationship with H. What
is your siblings age differences with you? So I just have an older brother
and he's six years older than me. Okay, so you know, we
had like different like windows of lifefor like we were interested in the same
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stuff, for like I wouldn't wantto be hanging out with him and his
friends, and then we had timesWe're like, Okay, he's in high
school. I'm still in middle school. So it's just like distance. So
I've really experienced like the different variationsof having like siblings and like the different
times and like types of relationship thatwe had with one another in our lives.
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But yeah, that's pretty much youknow the gist. How it be?
Jennifer, What advice would you giveto anybody wanting to join add to
and getting and get involved. Ithink ad two is absolutely great, even
though I might be a little biased, But here's my reasons why. If
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you are new to Houston. It'sa great place to meet all types of
well rounded different people from around thearea. I think we can all you
know, we've all been to variousdifferent events. We just had a chili
cookoff and that was so much funand you got free chili, Like it
was just amazing. And then alsoif you're new to the industry, which
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I'm not calling myself new, Iwant to call myself like coming back into
it, it's also just a greatresource. We have so many people in
AAF that are you know, yeah, they're in the older age spectrum of
the groups, but they also havelike all this knowledge and connections that I'm
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just amazed by. Like Candy whowas the last president of AF, she
just her trajectory career wise was great, and like she just knows so many
people in great areas and she canhelp with great connections as well. So
I think it's just an overall hub. And then third, we like to
make things fun. It's not allserious and network and jobs and things like
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that. It's like, Okay,let's go out. We have beers with
peers and grab a drink and youchit chat. And I know I've had
conversations with different people of like thelatest movies or like you know, things
that are happening currently and things likethat. Overall, it's just a great
hub to find great people, tohave a good time, and to make
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good connections. So you can't gowrong whether you're already in the industry,
like Delaney, moving into Houston andyou want to meet a few people when
you don't know where. Houston's sobig. So if you joined something like
at two or a yeah, it'sa great start to point you. Yeah,
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that's a good answer. It's agreat answer. Yeah. So I
believe that's all. That's all wehave today. I'm del you have everything
else you want to ask. Idon't think so. Yeah, I think
I think we covered a lot hereand very insightful. Jennifer. It was
really great having you on and thankyou for joining us today. Yeah,
and that's it. This was somuch fun. Thank you guys, Thank
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