Cathie Dull:  

So here's my 20-year story... After I graduated high school, I had dreams of becoming a world-class print journalist. However, since I was paying for college on my own, the closest thing I could get to an education in journalism was a BA degree in Organizational Communications from IUN. In college, I had the opportunity to serve as a feature writer for the Northwest Phoenix and worked as a News Intern for a little radio station in Crown Point called WJOY (thanks Tom Higgins). {Sidebar...As I was waiting to be interviewed for the internship, I saw this really good-looking guy waiting in the lobby. I thought to myself "I hope he works here". It turns out that he was there interviewing for a sportscasting and sales position. We both were hired for our respective jobs. Four years later, we married and just celebrated our 15th anniversary.} I was also appointed the Public Relations Chairperson for the IUN SGA. This is where I found my calling. The Student Activities Director at the college had heard of a program called "Into the Streets" designed to inspire traditional college students to volunteer in the communities which educate them. I became the program chair, had a successful launching at IUN, traveled across the country to conferences and workshops and helped write a $250,000 grant which was funded by the Lily Foundation and the U.S. government. I also won a summer marketing internship at the "Into the Streets" headquarters in St. Paul, MN. This was it for me. Giving back, paying it forward, helping those in need. It became my purpose and has defined my career. I took a position with the Boys & Girls Clubs of NWI and helped open the Hammond Club. After I graduated from college, I was promoted to Program Coordinator and then after I had my 1st son, I was pr...Expand for more