Jodi Savage:  

Life I was a chemistry major at Brooklyn Tech, and graduated in 1996. Gone are the days of selling bootleg perfume and making paper in Mr. Black's chemical engineering class. Come to think of it, that was some good perfume. I was very religious in high school and liked to sing (why didn't someone tell me I couldn't sing!) So, I sang in Mr. DiBenedetto's chorus. You've got to give a man props who can coach the football team AND direct a chorus. lol. I also sang in the gospel choir, and was a member of ARISTA and NSBE. I caught the humanities and social science bug while at Barnard College, where I majored in psychology and minored in political science. I still thought I could sing, so I sang with the Barnard - Columbia Gospel Choir for a couple of years. So confident was I in my singing abilities that I created my own one-woman section on the choir. I was a "tenalto." It is just what it sounds like. Basically, I was a lazy alto. I had my sights set on being the next Oprah or Susan Taylor (Essence Magazine), so I participated in alot of literary-type activities. I was a writer and the advertising manager of our school magazine, and also started a magazine called "Soul Sister." I also participated in the Black Sisters of Barnard and Columbia student orgainization. I was never the athletic type. I almost failed gym on numerous occassions while at Tech. I was on the borderline in college, where I was the world's WORST tennis player. Some poor Venus Williams wanna-be always got stuck playing against me in class. I was that one chick that no one wanted on their team. lol. ...Expand for more