In the 43rd episode of OCCUPATIONS, I chat with Lauren Flynn, Speech Language Pathologist about her job assessing, diagnosing, and working with kids to help with speaking disorders. She talks about the path she took to get there, what the job entails, what day-to-day is like, and gives some advice to those who may want to pursue a career in her field.

In Episode 42, I sit down with Amy Shanler, Professor of the Practice and Associate Chair of the Department of Mass Communications, Advertising, and Public Relations at Boston University. Amy tells us exactly what PR and Mass Communications is, and what the job entails, what day-to-day is like, and gives some advise to those.who may want to pursue a career in those fields.

In Episode 41, I sit down with Holly Chin, Vocal Coach and Executive Director of the Natick Academy of Performing Arts. She tells us of her interesting career path that shows her love and dedication to the world of the stage. As usual on OCCUPATIONS, Holly has some advice for those who might want to work in the Performing Arts.

Our 40th episode features Bekah Gensure, MD, PhD, Vitreoretinal Eye Surgeon. Bekah’s journey through 15 years of schooling is quite impressive. We find out about that as well as the inner workings of her job AND we even talk about some gory eye stuff. As usual on OCCUPATIONS, she has some advice for those who might want to work in the medical and/or surgical fields.

Colt Smith, Environmental Scientist at the Division of Drinking Water for the state of Utah joins me for episode 39 of OCCUPATIONS. He tells us all about learning a myriad of skills that he thought he could use in careers that he wanted to pursue, but in the end, really allowed him to stand out in the career he NOW works in. He talks about his job enforcing rules and regulations that protect the precious drinking water that belongs to the citizens of Utah and he even gives us his opinion on what the future of drinking water could be.

Regie Gibson, Assistant Professor of Poetry and Performance at both Clark University and Berklee School of Music, AND the first and only Poet Laureate of the State of Massachusetts joins me for episode 38 of OCCUPATIONS. Regie talks to us about growing up as an African American in the 1970’s and finding his voice through the written word. He also shares his path to becoming both a teacher and a performer, and he has some great advice for others who might want a career in writing/poetry.

Nathaniel Meyer, Landscape Artist joins me for episode 37 of OCCUPATIONS to tell us about his experiences that he has had being and artist as well as his journey getting to where he is now. He has some wonderful stories about navigating the art scene and trying to survive as a full-time artist. Nathaniel also has some great advice for others who might want a career in art.

Craig Buschmann, Principal IP Counsel USA at Rio Tinto joins me for episode 36 of OCCUPATIONS to tell us about PATENT LAW. Craig tells us about his education first towards Engineering, then Law. Then how he combined the two to make him a very valuable commodity in Patent Law. Craig finishes the interview with some great advice to others.

Erin Alberty, Journalist and Reporter at Axios and Pulitzer Prize winner joins me for episode 35 of OCCUPATIONS to tell us about news reporting. Her path to becoming a news reporter has several stops at which she honed her craft and we also talk about the story that won her the Pulitzer Prize. She talks about education and, of course, has some great advise for those who might want to have a career in JOURNALISM.

Ryan Laughlin, Co-Founder and CTO at Splitwise joins me for episode 34 of OCCUPATIONS to tell us about app development. His path to having a successful app, and thus a successful career, is full of him taking advantage of opportunities, connections, coincidence, and hard work. He talks about his education and, of course, has some great advise for those who might want to have a career in app development or computer related fields in general.