Grassroots.org

So to start this New Year right I began it with a new job. I am officially the Outreach Coordinator for Grassroots.org! While a New Year’s Weekend full of friends, fireworks and a surprise James Brown impersonator are pretty tough competition, my January 2nd was nothing short of amazing.

I spent the day at our office in New York, also known as Katie’s humble abode, “meeting” everyone online and jumping right into the client service request queue I now know as “RT.”

My new job has a lot of responsibility, and my to-do list is rather daunting, but I couldn’t be more excited for the year to come. I am so happy to be a part of this incredible (and very unique) team!

By way of introduction, I’d like to re-cap the year behind me. Starting in sunny Southern California...January of 2007 was the beginning of my final semester at USC. January 1st was the 93rd annual Rose Bowl witch we (USC) won like it was nobody’s business.

Before I knew it, it was June and I was graduating with a B.S. in Business Administration. I joined the Obama campaign...thinking this was the direction my life was headed. In less than a month I was off the campaign—realizing politics is something I feel strongly about personally, but can’t really be a part of professionally.

Back on the pursuit for the rest of my life, I reached out to an Aunt 3,000 miles away. She offered me a place to stay in New York City. Could I pass this up? No, absolutely not. This was clearly the opportunity I was waiting for. So October 1st I left L.A. and touched down at JFK. On October 3rd I began my first day of work as the Special Events Coordinator for the Mount Sinai Pediatrics Department (no time for jet lag in this city!). I was hired to serve in this temporary function for 3 upcoming, very pressing, charity functions. After 12 weeks there my time would be up and so would the year....

And now I’m here at a company that does great things for small non-profit organizations. Truly grassroots! I have always believed in my ability to help create positive change in the world and I couldn’t think of a better place to start than right here.