Guest Speaker #3- Melissa Durrel

Melissa Durrel is a very confident, inspiring women and really lit up the room when she talked about her career path. She started out as a journalist, and worked in many different places and really enjoyed everything she was doing. She would write and cover many stories from hit stories to sports coverage. She got paid very little at the beginning, but would work her way up the longer she worked there due to her hard work and charisma for what she did. She became a news anchor for CTV and was really succesful in that career field. She had shared she had a love for politics, and eventually had moved on from journalism and reporting and became a politician. She now works for the city and does a lot for our community. She shared that you should always be passionate about what ever career field you go into, and you should love your job instead of hating it. She worked very hard and still does to this day, and that's what got her to where she is today. She was extremely motivating and I really enjoyed hearing her talk.

I could definetely see myself as a journalist/news reporter. I love writing and talking with other people, but the hours and stress that come from news reporting would be very difficult.