Just got accepted to college or ready to graduate? Already out and not quite sure how to kick your communications career into full gear? Then join some of New York Women in Communications Foundation's past scholarship recipients as they discuss how they got involved with the organization, the doors NYWICI has opened for them and what life is REALLY like once you earn your diploma and enter the real world.
The evening will feature speakers from Huffington Post, American Lawyer Media, the UN and more. This great networking opportunity and panel discussion will give attendees information everyone wishes they had before applying for college, scholarships and internships. Young Professionals will learn how to avoid that quarter life crisis. High school, college, and graduate students and young professionals are welcome to attend at no cost.
Date: Wednesday, January 9
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: New York University, 7 East 12th Street (at 5th Avenue)
Cost: Free to students and young professionals
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Moderated by
Kim Last - Conference Producer, RealShare Conference Series at American Lawyer Media
At ALM, Kim is responsible for producing six national networking conferences across the country tailored to the real estate industry. She is responsible for content development, speaker selection and event marketing. She has secured a diverse range of speakers from the Chief Economist of the FDIC to Washington, D.C. Former Mayor Adrian Fenty. Kim started her career at
Forbes as a Sales Coordinator and eventually became the Audience Development Manager for Investopedia, a Forbes media company, where she was responsible for content syndication and business development.
Kim graduated Magna Cum Laude from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, in 2007, where she earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in American Studies and Political Science, and was editor of
The Elm, the weekly college newspaper. During her time at Washington College, she interned with a variety of media organizations, including
BBC.co.uk, the Scripps Howard News Service and weekly newspaper publisher Manhattan Media.
Confirmed panelists include:
Stephanie Guzmán - Intern at Weber Shandwick 
Stephanie M. Guzmán is a two time New York Women in Communications Foundation scholarship recipient. She is a junior at The City College of New York, where she is completing a double major of public relations and political science. In the past, Stephanie has interned for Kellen Communications and is currently a healthcare intern at New York's Weber Shandwick.
Nkechi Hooper - Junior Digital Analyst, Code and Theory
Nkechi Hooper is a 2012 NYWICI Foundation Scholarship recipient, specifically the IPG Sponsored Scholarship and Internship. Through her NYWICI connections, she was afforded the opportunity to spend this past summer as an intern at Draftfcb with the search marketing team. She is currently working as a Junior Digital Analyst for Code and Theory, a small independent interactive agency where she implements social media and web analytics for the Dr Pepper Snapple Group client.
Mariama Keita - UN Fellow, Office of the Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, UNAIDS, New York Headquarters
Mariama is currently a United Nations fellow managing high-level programming activities centered on advancing the Millennium Development Goals in Africa with a focus on UNAIDS youth-led policy project. During her spare time Mariama has volunteered for international organizations dedicated to solving the world's biggest problems that include Clinton Global Initiative and Women Deliver and is an active member of the programming committee for NYWICI.
Mariama has set a track record of historical accomplishments that include being the first in her NYU graduate degree program to secure a White House Internship. Under President Obama's Administration she was responsible for the Latino Outreach and Immigration portfolio in the Office of Public Engagement (OPE) and worked on US-Africa Diaspora engagement initiatives that include the First Lady's Young African Women Leaders Forum in South Africa. Mariama is the recipient of an award from the office of Mayor Cory Booker in Newark, New Jersey for implementing a first of its kind African immigrant community leaders briefing connecting senior administration White House officials with advocates representing 10 African nations. This round-table discussion led to the creation of new partnerships with White House to discuss issues specific to the African immigrant and Diaspora population in the United States. In 2012, she earned a Master of Science degree in Global Affairs at New York University and holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication from the University of Maryland at College Park.
Taylor Trudon - Associate Blog Editor at The Huffington Post
Taylor Trudon is an associate blog editor at The Huffington Post. She studied journalism and women's studies at the University of Connecticut, where she completed internships at
Seventeen and
O, The Oprah Magazine. Taylor is a 2009 New York Women in Communications, Inc. Foundation scholarship recipient and the first-ever NYWICI Hearst scholarship recipient (2010). She enjoys watching reruns of The OC (R.I.P. Marissa Cooper), playing her ukulele and keeping up with the Kardashians.
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