"In 2010, I was trying to figure out a career switch out of online ad sales at Google and into a creative position in the media and communications field. I wasn't sure which role I wanted to pursue, and I knew next to nothing about making media, but when I discovered OMF, I hoped interning there would help me figure out a new career direction and give me some basic skills.
 

During my few months as a Public Access (DOM TV Station) intern, I learned so many practical skills - from how to operate digital cameras and edit video to how to plan and produce short films.  Once I discovered my interest in animation and motion graphics, I even had the chance to learn Blender 3D Animation software with another intern, and then we created the curriculum for and co-taught the first Blender class at OMF.  Interning at OMF gave me the confidence to experiment with software and to begin to view myself as a media-maker. 

I'm about to start my third and final year at USC School of Cinematic Arts in the Animation and Digital Arts MFA program, where I'm an Annenberg Fellow and receive full funding for my research on visualizing information with digital media. My work has screened at the Director's Guild of America in Hollywood, and is currently showing on a 4-story high-definition screen on the outside of the Marriott in Downtown Los Angeles every night this summer. I'm so thankful for OMF's incredible resources and support, and I know that interning there helped me take a much faster track to my current reality."
 

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