Big Plans

In the first and only unit of the course Entrepreneurship, we studied how to make a business plan, how making a business works, incentives, legal structures, hedgehog concept, marketing, financial projections, sales, pitch, mission and vision statements and we read the book The E-Myth. We had many guest speakers for our FE’s. We had the founder of Purple Asparagus and the director of 826Chi come in to talk t o us. We also had our founder of GCE, Eric Davis skype in. They all talked to us about how the organization started, what they have experienced, where they got to where they are now, what challenges they faced, what marketing strategies they use and what their plans for the organization for the future are. For our action project, we had to create a business idea and make a plan. I chose to do a pet business because I like animals. In our business plan we had to incorporate everything we learned. We had to convert our business plan into a video to visually explain our business. We had to treat this project as if we are giving our business pitch to someone. During this project I had difficulties with the numbers, the financial projections and ask for a certain amount of money. I learned how much preparation and work goes into a business plan and making a pitch that will get people to invest in what you believe. To learn more about my pet business check out my prezi below. Enjoy!

Stepping Into A Different World

In the third unit of the course Endurance we studied, the last part of a heroes journey, we analysed Malala’s speech, we watched an interview of a man who survived the holocaust along with everything he endured and we analyzed how one goes through apotheosis of their journey. In this unit we didn’t have an FE planned because we had to create our own FE. We had to do something or go somewhere where we can endure a mental, physical or both challenge. I chose to do a physical endurance and did exercise for almost an hour straight. For our action project, we had to create a survival book for our future selves. I want to go into the communications field and this book shows what it is, salary, what I need to prepare for, materials I will need and timeline. In this project I had difficulties with reaching some word limits and going in details in my explanations. Besides that the rest was straight forwards and it was easy for me. In this project I learned that I still have lots to learn about communications and I am proud of how realistic I answered future questions. To learn more about my future plans check out my survival book below. Enjoy!

KIS. Survival Book Cover. 2017

What and Why

My mission is to become a successful communicator whether that is in television, radio or digital multimedia. I am aiming more towards digital multimedia, but I also like the other two, so I wouldn’t mind doing one or two of them. I want to pursue it because it’s something I am interested in and have some experience in. I am a young Latina who wants to help other young girls get resources and opportunities for them to get a higher education. I want to become someone who people can rely on to get information and someone who people want around for important events.

Lay of the Land

In this area, most people become really successful because they know someone in the industry who they get help from or has a big network before the career. To be in communications, one has to read a lot to be informed about many things that go on in the world, country, state, city and neighborhood. One must pronounce words well, talk clearly, improvise and chose words correctly. It is highly recommended to get a degree in communication. It can be radio, journalism, social media, marketing, television, newsprint or public relations. Having this degree will make life easier in this field because one will have the knowledge of how to project their voice, manipulate it, knows how to act when telling news or saying a script and one knows how to get the message across with the right words.

I was told that I one’s words can kill an idea, project or a person. I have a mentor who has helped and started to guide me through this area. She has a long career starting in Mexico and now in the Unites States, she is well connected and she knows what she is doing. She is looking for young people who like communications and would like to start a show that will reach other young people. That’s a reason why she is also mentoring me-- she wants to and is going to prepare me with the right tools to start and continue a show like that. People who are famous and in the communication are the people in the news, reporters and people who host shows. People like Opera, Erika Pino, Ellen, Clarissa Molina, Alejandra Espinoza and more others. These are people who have been where I am and they are figures to follow.

A graduate with a communication degree will have jobs with salaries from $23,530-$187,000 it all depends on what area one focus the degree on and entry, mid and long salaries. The educational levels for communications is associate’s, bachelor’s and master's. The most common communication majors are Public Relations (PR) and Organizational Communication, Radio, TV, Broadcasting, Journalism, Advertising and Marketing. The top ten jobs in order from highest paying to lowest paying in communication are Chief Marketing Officer, Vice President (VP) Communication, VP Marketing, VP Account Manager, VP Marketing & Business Development, Group Account Director, Director of Strategy, Online Marketing Director, Social Media Director, VP Public Relations, Executive Producer, Director of Communications and Digital Strategy, Global Marketing Manager, Account Director and Marketing Consultant. Communications is a big umbrella with many majors which means that their are many opportunities to get jobs and to find what one really likes.

There is lots to learn and many requirement I will have to fulfill in the communication field. Communications might sound easy, but it’s not because their is many options to chose from and it comes with different salaries. Also knowing what major is in demand will help me get a job as soon as I graduates. I have a lot ahead of me and it’s not going to be an easy road.

Timeline 

2015- Look for someone in the industry or a place to do internship

2016- Take speech classes

2016- Get more involved in this industry

2017- Go to college to learn more

2019- Get an internship to get experience

2020- Graduate

2021- Get a stable good job

2023- Start working on my own projects

2025- Work with well networked or famous people

2029- Get awarded for a work of mine

Resources and Materials

I think I will need a top computer with plenty of memory. I will need the best technology in general. I will also need to go to many social events to start creating my network that I will need in the future. I will need these things because communication is all about technology and social media. Getting yourself out there and what you stand for. These materials are expensive and not easy to get so I will need to find a place to get it cheap. I need these things to do the best I can in my work. A good quality work will get me far in my career.

Non-Negotiable's

Family is the most important thing, and hanging out with friends is fun, but if necessary I will need to make the sacrifice. Only if it’s worth it at the end. If I have to sacrifice family parties or friends, I will. I am not willing to waste my time on something that wouldn’t get me far or that will benefit my career in the long run. My family understands that things need to be sacrificed in order to get where you want to be, so I think they that will be a problem. I am also not willing to give up my sleep too much.

What If?

Worst-case scenario would be not graduating with all my credits, dropping out because of my contribution to college or lost of scholarships or changing my major last minute and extending my college time. With extension it will cost more money, I won’t graduate on time and I won’t graduate with my friends. Another thing would be not getting a job right after college, so I won’t have an income or a stable job. I think I would be lost and frustrated with life, it would be a downside. I would be in a bad position if I don’t have somewhere to go after college and with a debt. I think that those scenarios would be the worst that can happen to my career. My backup plan would be to get a job in another field until I find a job with my degree. By doing this, I will have money for basic necessities. In this scenario I would like to stand on my own, but I know I will need the support of my family to get through and they would probably offer to help in whatever way they can. My backup plan won’t be much and it might not be enough, but it is what I think I can do for now.

Inspiration

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” -Milton Berle

“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” -H. Jackson Brown

“Put your heart, mind and soul into even your smallest acts . This is the secret of success.” -Swami Sivananda

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” -Vince Lombardi

Map

I chose this map because I am studying in Chicago and I would like to stay in Chicago. The thing is that in LA there is more opportunities for my degree meaning more job offering, more networking and a stable income.

Personal Choice: A to hear quote

“If education was easy, everyone would do it.” -My Dad

Citations:

“Bachelor of Arts (BA), Communication Degree Average Salary.” PayScale Human Capital. N.P. Web. June 1, 2017.

“Best Jobs For Communications Majors by Salary Potential.” PayScale Human Capital. N.P. Web. June 1, 2017.

“Inspirational Quotes.” Brainy Quotes. N.P. Web. June 1, 2017.

“Map of USA showing state names.” Wikimedia. N.P. May 24, 2017. Web. June 1, 2017.

“Types of Communication Degrees.” Masters In Communication. N.P. Web. June 1, 2017.

Grateful To Music

Sadly this was my last year at the People's Music School. The age limit for this school is from 5-18 years old and next year I will pass that limit. I am grateful that I have been at that school for 13 years learning to play the piano, the fundamentals of music and learning to play the harp. This year has gone by fast and I am happy to witness a beautiful harp that was donated. I was able to practice on it and perform with it. I started harp classes and I am happy to see that it's becoming a popular instrument that many kids want to play and that the future kids that come in will get the chance to play. Harp classes are growing, but it's hard with only two harps and one teachers. I recently had my recital and I gave it my best. I also had my juries which were a little hard because my teacher was sick and sight reading was different, but I enjoyed playing the harp for the last couple of times. I have also enjoyed being the only senior in my choir class. I kept my old friends and I had a class with my cousin which was so nice seeing her grow as a vocalist. We also had a choir recital and we sang three songs. My music program ends on June 3rd and on that day I will be performing with the choir and we will sing one song on our Performaloozathon. I am so grateful for everything I learned, everyone I met and all the support. Although I am not majoring or minoring in music it will still be part of my life. At the People’s Music School I accomplished a lot; I learned how to play piano, sing, harp, and on the side I learned how to play the ukulele.

Max Pixel. Pianno Score Sheet Music Classical Piano. 

Dipping my toes in the business world

In this school year, I interned with the Health and Wellness teacher Alison Rootberg. I helped her with social media, sponsors, schools, getting grants, donations, making flyers better, helping at the shamrock shuffle, helping Blessons and hosting a student showcase. Through my hard work, I got many service hours. I would meet with Alison every Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. During the week I was only able to do 1 or 2 hours because of my other extra curricular's and on the weekend I worked with her for 3 hours. I learned a lot from her and saw how much work it takes to keep an organization up and running is a lot of work. There's a lot of stress, headaches, early mornings, many discussions with employers, and many hours spent on maintaining the organization.

Reflection On A 12 Hour Journey

In the second unit of the course Endurance, we studied saw videos of people who have endure in a journey and Dante’s Inferno. One of the videos was about a journey a boat crew took to explore antarctica and they got stranded there for several months because of the coldness. Another video was about a magician holding his breath for 17 minute, we saw how he prepared himself for it and what he had to do with his body to hold his breath and not die. A movie that we saw that impacted me was about a 14 year old girl sailing the world by herself and she spend two years doing it. All of this people have in goals that motivated them to do their journey. For our action project, we had to do something for 12 hours it can be scattered or some hours straight. I chose to do an IMovie because I haven’t done one in a long time and I thought it would be nice to show my GCE high school experience. I chose my high school experience because there has been many students and staff that have graduated or transferred from GCE and I thought it would be nice for my fellow classmates to see them again in pictures and remember them. Besides making the movie for 12 hours I had to keep a journal of the process. Every day I worked I would record myself saying what I did and how long it took. Then I would put them in a Vlog form. During this project I struggled with keeping up with my journals because I would sometimes forget to do it right away so then I would have to do it later on and sometimes forget some details that I did. In this project I learned how committed and determined you have to be to accomplish your goal and go through the journey. To know more about my 12 hour journey check out my Vlogs and final product below.



VLOGS of process:



Special Materials:

• IMovie
• Music in order:
• Before I Sleep by Muciojad
• Energy by Pokki DJ
• The Other Side by LukHash

Future Me?

In the first unit of the course Endurance, we studied a hero's journey and a dream that Morpheus gives us. We learned each step of a hero’s journey, the most common are ordinary life, call to action, refusal of call, mentor, crossing the threshold, tests, rebirth, road back and return. For an FE, we went to a dojo where the martial arts are sacred. We started of easy in a park, on our way back we did different exercises and when we got to the dojo we did intense exercise. Everyone was so tired and exhausted. The purpose of this FE is to endure the exercise. We all did, but the days to come was so much pain, we were so sore especially our legs. For our action project, we had to write an autobiography in the future. Writing about our call to action and experiences that made us to where we got in the future. I chose to see myself as a successful hostess because I am going to study communications in college. During this project I struggled with coming up with a convincing story of my future. I learned how to make a digital cover. To know more about how I plan my future check out my autobiography below.

KIS, Autobiography Bookcover. 2017.

It all started when I was in my teens. I was introduced to the world of communication by a lady who owns a radio internet station. I was invited to a show she produces in her station. I was invited because I was in many beauty pageants and they wanted to know how I stay healthy in that type of environment and how I felt participating in them. I was honored to be interviewed. As soon as I entered the building I met up with her and she gave me a tour of the building and I was so impressed. At that time I was exploring what I wanted to do in college and for the rest of my life. I was so frustrated and confused because I didn’t know what to do and nothing medical or engineering called my attention. I was really worried to go to college and not know what my career is. That’s when I got my call to action. I was called to choose communication as my career.

I stayed in touch with her and about 2 years later I had my own show. My theme was quinceaneras and sweet 16 because it connects to my culture and I want to embrace it. My show was meant to help girls plan their 15 and 16 party. I had an hour show every Sunday and I hosted with two other girls. We came up with the content, reached out to services to get a deal to provide it exclusively on our show and we had a phone that our audience can call and talk to us. We had many guest from people providing services, to mom and daughter sharing their experience of their party to young girls sharing their vision for their party and helping them plan it. We had the show for 1 year and a half. We had to end it because of money and time. I was sad, but that gave me the opportunity to take public speech classes with the lady. She has been in the communication area for more than 20 years, so getting classes from her, getting her tips, observing how she talks and the rules of this area really got me hooked. That helped me get ready for my future show or shows that I will be hosting.

For my interest to Communication, I went to Columbia College. I decided to attend this school because I am a City girl. I was born in Chicago and raised there too. Knowing I wanted to stay in the city, a city I know and an engaging place. I knew Columbia would be a better fit for me than my other school options. A challenge I had right away was public transportation. My mom would take me to where I needed to be, so I didn’t take public transportation that often. Going to Columbia and growing up I had to stop relying on my mom and become independent. Having a car in downtown is really expensive so taking public transportation was way cheaper. I had to learn the north and southbound, where color lines take me and what buses drops me off closest to my school. At school I collaborated with so many people. Students, teachers and people outside of school. Without knowing it I was building my network. I was exposed to so many ideas, places and people that made me be more creative, innovative and more open minded. My mom says “ dedication, patients,studios, perseverance and technology” are my strengths. I focused on my strengths and rely on them to keep going. Another thing that help me in this journey is having a friend from elementary school going into communications too. With her I hosted my radio internet show and when we struggled we would help each other out. During college I had many breakdowns and was really stressed out. I would have many project and I would have many overlapping events. I would get bad headaches and not that much sleep. I was like this for a while and unfortunately let many people down. When I recovered I promised myself that I wouldn’t get more than I can chew. I didn’t say yes to every opportunity and scheduled everything so no overlapping would happen and that I won’t let anyone down.

After College I had some job offers. It looked like my network effort worked a little. Somewhere more interesting than others. I started working for a radio station, it was good, not so stressful, I had my time slot for my show and I stayed there for 3 years. I decided to leave the radio station because it wasn’t making me happy anymore. I then went on a job hunt and didn’t find anything that I thought I can do for more than 3 years and that gave me good salary. I had no job for a little while and I was starting to get worried. Then a friend of mine from college called me and asked if I was interested in working on television in California because they are looking for a qualified person. I got so excited and immediately said yes. After the call ended I then realized that I will be living Chicago, my home, my family and my friends. I thought about calling back and change my mind, but then I need the job and it was precisely what I was looking for. Although I didn’t want to I had to leave Chicago to continue my career. It was really sad, but my family understand that I needed to go.

In California things were obviously different. I was excited and nervous at the same time. I met up with my friend and gave me a tour of the city and television place. The next day I went straight to work. I was hosting an entertainment show. I talked about what going on in artist lives, fashion and events. It was all good and I was happy. A lot of research was required especially when the show expanded. Everything was going good and the show had 3 successful years. Until a girl who came from another television chain started talking about me to the director, producers and then moved on to the tabloids. She was ruining my career and my hard work. I didn’t know she was doing that until months later when I didn’t have trust from the people I work with. I then realized that she did that to get me kicked out and for her to have my spot since the show was at it’s top at that time. I was so mad at her and at the people who I worked for years to believe that. I kept working for couple weeks until I couldn’t work anymore because it was destroying me and I wasn’t happy anymore. Without hesitation I quit before getting fired. I wasn’t think straight because once again I didn’t have a job. It was really hard to find a job again because of the damage the girl did and I was right, when I left she immediately took my spot.

Without a job I was living off my saving and many time I thought about going home and giving up., but I didn’t want to come home a failure so I stayed. Months passed and I still didn’t have a job, but the good thing was that whatever the girl said was blowing off. I also went to some interviews to talk about the rumors, how I dealt with it and hoped that speed up availabilities of jobs for me. It did and I applied to be a host for a music entertainment show. Something different from my last job, but it was something I was really interested. Showing the good things i've done on my resume, I got the job a week later. Once I got there I saw so many artist there. I was shocked and amazed. I met the producer and told me what I the topic is. I tried to stay as professional as I could and I interviewed some artist. Thanks to that show I am very happy, I am friends with many artist and I have a stable job. This year I make 7 years in this program and I have hosted the at the emmy’s and I have gotten 2 of them. This industry has it’s ups and downs, but I am glad to have a strong relationship with the other workers and I have inspiring friends.

How Magic Comes To Life

In the second unit of the course Stage Chemistry, we learned about trap doors, the different types, which one is better to use for different situations and we learned about stage decks. We went to Steppenwolf Theater for an FE. There, we learned more about what it takes to make the decks, the safety protocols that have to placed, lighting and different stages. For our action project, we had to chose two motions that happens in the play Aladdin. I chose to do the flying carpet and the cave of wonders. I made a model of my stage and made the motions will work on stage. I made my model from my blueprint. During this project, I had a hard time creating my motions because they are small and making them work was a little challenging too. In this project, I learned how to make a scale model and learned how to be cautions when having traps doors or flying object. I am proud of how my flying carpet turned about because I struggled the most with that, but it looks good and it moves. To know more about how built my stage check out my project below.

KIS. Stage. 2017.

Flying Carpet:
The carpet will be hung from the top with strings and it will be movable. There will be a pulley system that will move the carpet side to side and up to down. The carpet will only be use in the flying scenes and an actor will take the character of the carpet.
There is a rolling car on top of the stage that will hold the carpet with strings. The strings will be attach to pole on top and to the carpet. When the car moves forward, the carpet will move with it like if they are flying straight. I drew the strings that are holding the carpet by hand with a 3D drawing pen called a 3Doodler. I couldn’t find small poles so I did the top system of cardboard symbolizing the metal that will actually hold the weight of the actors. The carpet will just go back and forth. Making all of this motion happen took me about 3 or 4 hours because I would mess up in the measurement and I would have to start all over.

Here are some safety protocols our crew follows to be safe:

• Watch heads when the carpet is flying. 
• Grab onto the edges of carpet when flying.
• Only two people on it at a time.
• Careful with pole on stage.
• Keep balance on carpet so it won’t tilt.

KIS. Flying Carpet Gif. 2017.

KIS. Safety sign for carpet. 2017

Cave of Wonders:
The cave will be beside the stage because it’s used in the beginning. It will be rolled in when needed. The cave is medium size so that an actor can go in the mouth of the tiger. It will be placed in the side of the stage so it can go directly to the scene of Aladdin in the cave.
The cave is thin so it can go directly to a scene inside the mouth. The cave will be on wheels so that it can move easily. I printed a picture of the head of the tiger and a cut a cardboard around it so it can be stable. The head of the tiger is placed on top of a small deck so that it moves across the stage easily and it won't take up that much space.

Here are some things our crew do to keep themselves safe:

• Watch feet when rolling.
• Careful when navigating it on stage.
• Careful when walking through it.

KIS. Rolling Tiger Head Gif. 2017.

KIS. Safety sign for rolling cave. 2017.

Calculations:

KIS. Force Diagram. 2017.

In order to find how much work is put into moving this cave I used the equation: W=FxD. Before I could find out work I had to first find out how many newtons there is and find my distance. For that I did 15x4.44822 = 66.7233N. I multiplied it by 4.44822 because 1lbs = 4.44822N. Then to find the distance I did 3x12ft/4=36/4=9ft/3=3m. Once I had my Newtons and Distance I went back to the equation and put in the numbers, 66.7233Nx3m=200.1699J.