A self-described street artist and alchemist, S.C. Mero (BA, ’10) transforms everyday street corners in downtown Los Angeles into “something that is endearing or revealing of some truth happening in the neighborhood.” After graduating from the public relations program, Mero is grateful for her time at Annenberg and uses those skills...
Since 2019, USC Annenberg’s Seeing ME in the MEdia program has combined mentorship and engagement with alumni and industry leaders to support and empower our first-generation and BIPOC students along their academic journeys.
This Fall, the program expanded to include an executive-in-residence appointment, which offers more deep and meaningful engagement opportunities for students to...
Her newsroom colleagues thought she was crazy.
When Cater Lee decided to return to school, her co-workers couldn’t figure out why. Lee had already been a successful journalist, who worked her way up from a reporter at a CBS affiliate in Chattanooga, Tenn., to an anchor at KNBC and KCAL in Los Angeles.
“I had a wonderful career, but I felt like...
With many paths to service, Lieutenant Jack Tribolet found his passion and purpose flying MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters for the U.S. Navy. For the past nine years, he has experienced two deployments to Bahrain that focused on logistics and search and rescue missions.
Now, his leadership skills and devotion to duty have led him to the next chapter of his career as a master’s student in...
After 27 years in the TV news game, Mike Huckman was looking for a change. He followed the advice of longtime friends who worked in public relations, and switched paths to corporate communications, specifically the health sciences sector.
Huckman joined his first agency, MSL Global, in 2010. With the fresh territory came fresh challenges. Difficulties acclimating...
Aashna Moitra-Serrao knew exactly what she wanted to do with her career.
“It was either be part of the communications industry or event planning, so when I found public relations, it was the perfect blend of those two worlds,” Moitra-Serrao said. “I’m a little bit of a peacock myself so it was a match made in heaven.”
Moitra-Serrao grew up in...
Near the end of her senior year in college, Christine Alabastro faced a choice: Either take a business management job that didn’t feed her creative passions or face the unknown after graduation. Anxious about her future, she shared her concerns with her mother, Cynthia,...
For Samantha Balcaceres, hospitality is the lens through which she approaches public relations. That concept of generosity and welcoming runs deep for her; she credits it to her upbringing as part of a large family with roots in Nicaragua.
“They’ve always been the model of hospitality and hard work,” she said. “There’s a warmth in our culture, and it’s just always in my nature to be...
