Natasha Williams' Journey to MCBS

2. Before I started the Media Communications program at Full Sail, I had no clue where I
was going. Growing up in Ann Arbor, MI, I told myself to go into Marketing, so I began
college for Business Sales and Marketing. I realized that that was NOT where I wanted to
be, left my family and everything I knew behind to try some new scenery that would
hopefully help me find my way.
Before Full Sail

3. Winter Park, FL
Luckily for me, my friend wanted to go to
Full Sail, so I decided to move with her. This
was back in 2007, before this program was
available. I was still trying to figure out
where I would make my career, but signing
up for school with out of state tuition and no
idea where I was even going to start posed
a problem. I began taking improv classes at
SAK U downtown Orlando, as well as acting
classes in Winter Park.
Doing that opened up my eyes to how many
different careers lie inside, in front and
backstage of media. Pursuing acting was
not something I was interested in, I mainly
did it as a hobby. But, from that point on, I
know I was onto something…

4. Still unsure of where life was taking me, and
knowing that it had been long enough that I
wasn’t in school, I changed my thinking of
what I would like to be, into what kind of
lifestyle I would like to live. I knew one thing, it
HAD to be freelance. I began searching for
freelance careers and decided that being an
Entrepreneur was my best bet. What was I
going to do with that? I had no clue. But I
began taking classes online at University of
Phoenix, anyway.

5. You Live and You Learn
So… that was not the right move. Not to take anything away from
University of Phoenix; the program was not for me, especially because I
did not have a plan. I spent the next two years just thinking… thinking very
hard on what I wanted to do. I knew about Full Sail, and I knew they held
classes that pertained to my interests, but I was scared to start again and
not “get it.” After looking into the curriculum over and over and over…and
over, I decided to give it a shot. I knew that my interests were in the Media
field, and I also knew how broad the field of Communications was, which
would give my ever-so-changing-mind room to run without leaving the
yard. A new, and final decision had been made.

6. Nothing ever stays the same! Around the time I reached the decision to go to Full Sail, I
got engaged! As exciting as that was, I was not ready to leave Florida! I finally figured
out where I was headed in life, and now, I would have to move all the way to Los
Angeles where my future husband was. (Fun fact, he actually went to Full Sail the year
(2007) I moved, and that’s where we met). Either way, I was excited and knew I could go
to school online, though I much prefer the on-campus route.

7. So here we are in 2015, in Los Angeles, where I attend Full Sails online MCBS
program. I still have a great amount of confidence in this program and the careers
that it can help me build. I am looking forward to trying my hand out at
Copywriting, Social Media campaigns, Project Management and Event Planning. I
truly believe that I can build a career from this degree and work freelance as I
have always wanted. I still don’t have a SET “job” of where I see myself, but have
no worries that I’m doing the right thing.

8. July 4th, 2015