Sunday, September 14, 2008

First Mentor Meeting

So I was lucky enough to get two mentors, a very cute couple Joseph and Meaghan Bonavita.  Joe is a senior VP of Capital One Southcoast.  He went to Farfield University and Boston University and seems like a really nice guy.  His wife, Meg, went to school in New York and then returned to her hometown of New Orleans to get a business degree at Loyola.  As a female, I find her career more intriguing because she works in the fashion industry :)  She's currently working as a sales associate with the Carlisle Collection here in New Orleans.  I checked out the website and these are some of my favorite looks: 1 * 2 * 3 *.  I love this skirt. 

We were told to research our mentors on the Internet and the first thing that came up on Google was coverage of their wedding posted by a website called "the knot".  The pictures of their wedding are beautiful!

At our first meeting we really just got to know each other.  Meg and Joe introduced themselves and told us about their school and career experiences and we told them where we're from, what we're interested in, and a little bit of what we want to do with our lives....at least what we think we want to do at this point.  Then we went over the schedule a little bit so that we knew what we would be doing through the program.
I'm so excited to start this program especially now that I know one of my mentors is in the fashion industry.  I've been interested in fashion my entire life and definitely want to pursue it professionally....but you can read more about that in my bio.  
I'm glad Meaghan will be able to offer me advice that is specific to what I want to do.  Hopefully she'll be able to help me find a good internship or even just give me advice about the internship I choose.  Joe seems like he is a real go-getter.  He knew exactly what he wanted to do from an early age and stuck with it.  He will be able to teach me good time and money management skills.  I plan on learning a  lot from both Meg and Joe because they are successful business people able to do what they love.



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