1. Wk2 Project: Storyboard
By Lauren Benzo

2. Before I started the MCBS Program, I was a little
indecisive on returning back to school.

3. With over 10 years from working in the industry,

4. I have learned and grew from my personal
life experiences.

5. My dreams of working in the industry
started with me wanting to be a rapper.

6. I became an assistant to a group named The
LOX in 2002.

7. After I learned how much money you
actually make as artists

8. at times being taken advantaged by a major
label,

9. I chose to take a different route.

10. I took the name of the rap group that my sister
and myself created and made it a promotional
company named D.Y.M.E.ndz Inc.,

11. which stands for Driven Young Motivated
Entrepreneurs.

12. I got my feet wet in promotions,

13. landing some PR jobs,

14. and I started doing radio.

15. I have always thought I wanted to make sure I
could leave my mark in the industry as a radio
personality/DJ,

16. but then I started doing interviews for websites
and publications around the country.

17. Never in a million years would I have thought
being a writer would be so exciting.

18. Because of that, my eyes were beginning to
open up to the world of journalism.

19. I would say after the 5th article that I posted
for a website called ThatsHipHop.com,

20. I began to receive emails from various websites to
cover events and give my input on hip hop projects
that were being released from major music labels.

21. Because of that, I started traveling the
country,

22. attending events,

23. shaking hands with my peers,

24. and meeting very important people in the
industry.

25. I am going places I never thought I would be
able to see,

26. even getting the chance to meet and
interview people that I respect and love.

27. Because of that, I knew I wanted to pursue
my career professionally as a journalist.

28. I was just a little hesitant to really go for
it, until finally my hard work paid off.

29. I was offered a job at Complex Magazine

30. and ever since I decided to pursue my
passion for media.

31. It was just one more thing I felt I had to
accomplish.

32. This gave me the ambition

33. to attend Full Sail for the MCBS Program.