Phase 2, Post 13: Ansh Patel & Jordi Frank

I think particularly during this time it was really good to hear from recent graduates, and how they transitioned from college life to career life. It is easy to get caught up in here and now, and how important school is right now. But it is always reassuring and affirming to hear about life post-NYU. Ansh Patel does work with Alzheimer's epilepsy patients, and while that is not necessarily a field that I would be going into, it was nice to hear about since I recently lost my grandmother, who had Alzheimer's. Ansh also brought up game design and how he wanted it to be his passion, not his career. I thought this was really interesting because there are a lot of hobbies or passions that I used to have in high school that people would always ask me why I didn't decide to pursue them, and I think that is because of this reason, that there are things that I keep as passions and things that I keep as career. But that doesn't mean that I'm less passionate about my career. He also brought up diversity within companies, and the importance of having a voice in diversity. It is comforting to hear that, that these sorts of ideas will continue for us, even when we go out into the actual industry. Jordi talked about how important it was to work alongside people that look like you and I felt that really strongly because when I was very young, I lived in a predominantly white neighborhood. And I can recall the exact day that I became very keenly aware of the color of my skin, and how I would feel every day from then on. 

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