The Donald Edward Bragg & Diane Sims Bragg Scholarship

The UCLA Economics Department has a variety of resources that benefit Economics and Business Economics majors. There are some great scholarships and internship programs that I wish I had looked into earlier in my career at UCLA. These include the Sharpe Fellows Program which gives students an opportunity to work closely with a mentor. I suggest that all UCLA students (and all college students for that matter) check out their department's website regardless of the their major. They won't regret it.

That's the beauty of a big institution like UCLA. It teaches you to be proactive and to seek out things even you didn't know you were looking for. I was a little late in the ball game, but didn't hesitate to jump onboard once I knew what was out there.

I applied for The Donald Edward Bragg and Diane Sims Bragg Scholarship over the summer and was delighted to find out on 9/16/2011 (my brother's 25th birthday) that I was the 2011-2012 recipient! I don't know how many people applied for the award, but it nonetheless feels amazing to be honored for my academic achievements.

Check it out here.

(Caution: The website designer either really likes my picture or had a little trouble on the design end of things because my "headshot" is GIGANTIC. My apologies on his/her behalf)

A Versace Kind of Affair

Last week, my boss, the VIP/PR Coordinator of the West Coast, went to NYC to help at the launch party for the Versace for HM collaboration. I wasn’t asked to go along with her, so I stayed in the LA office and made sure things were running smoothly.

That same week I had rehearsals for Willow as well as interview preparations for Deloitte. Did I forget to mention school? That was thrown in there somewhere.

Needless to say my stress level hit new a high.

We just had the pre-party for the line on Friday at the Versace boutique in Beverly Hills, and everything was gone in the first fifteen minutes. It was a fun event and I met a lot of great LA fashionistas, stylists, and bloggers including Caroline, who writes for The Daily Truffle.