{"id":1,"date":"2018-10-31T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/build.centerforemdd.com\/\/?p=1"},"modified":"2021-05-13T15:10:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T15:10:41","slug":"christinavaldezblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/index.php\/2018\/10\/31\/christinavaldezblog\/","title":{"rendered":"How Finding EMDD Helped Me Find Where I Was Meant To Be"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1\" class=\"elementor elementor-1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d0953c5 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d0953c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cc9ad6f\" data-id=\"1cc9ad6f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b0cfb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61b0cfb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gray-cardinal-direction-compass-1144321-1080x380.jpg\" class=\"attachment-vantage-thumbnail-no-sidebar size-vantage-thumbnail-no-sidebar wp-image-854\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498b22d elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"498b22d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.\u201d\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Douglas Adams<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c7a8c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c7a8c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Finding EMDD Helped Me Find Where I Was Meant To Be<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8057cb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8057cb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">My journey to the EMDD program was full of ups and downs, but here\u2019s the short version.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I graduated in May of 2016 with my bachelor\u2019s in sociology from Ball State, with a minor in peace studies and conflict resolution. It wasn\u2019t until graduating that I realized I didn\u2019t want to pursue research, diplomacy, or teaching for my career. After applying to jobs for months, and to the United Nation as a last-ditch effort, I sent in my visa application to live in New Zealand and work on a farm. With my travel plans all squared away, my would-be host canceled on me last minute, and I was left jobless, directionless, and New Zealand-less.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So I decided to go in a different direction. I started looking into graduate school. I looked everywhere from Vancouver, to New York, to Dublin. I didn\u2019t find anything, and the couple of programs I was quasi-interested in were way too expensive. This was now late fall of 2016, and I was tired of feeling stuck. I looked into a few programs through Ball State, but none of them really resonated with me. As I was nearing the end of my internal rope, I was telling a good friend of mine how nothing seemed to be working out and I wasn\u2019t sure what to do next. She told me she had a friend in this new program called Emerging Media Design &amp; Development, and that I should Skype her about it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After our conversation, I was sold. I had no idea a program like this existed. One that seemed to fit so many of my interests. I applied as soon as I was able to get my materials together.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I will always see 2017 as a year of change for me. I was accepted to EMDD, I got a wonderful graduate assistantship, and I started working at a brewery.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I still say that going back to school was one of the best decisions I will ever make. I love that I get to work with people with different interests, skills, and backgrounds. People who are passionate, tenacious, and empathetic.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And the cherry on top? I feel like I\u2019m actually using my sociology degree. I\u2019m the Research Director for the Water Quality Indiana team project where my principle tasks include similar-case research, demographics, and survey design and distribution. For my\u00a0creative project, I\u2019m using transmedia storytelling to investigate and understand how breweries deal with inclusivity and empathy with the hopes of creating a space where people can discuss and understand the differences that exist between people.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m not quite sure where I\u2019m going next, but I feel more confident than I\u2019ve ever felt.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(Shouts out to Alyssa and Aiste: I would not be in the program if it were not for them.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18b1a3e4 elementor-author-box--layout-image-left elementor-author-box--align-left elementor-author-box--image-valign-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"18b1a3e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/emdd.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Valdez-1024x768-1-e1576688576130-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Christina Valdez\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristina Valdez\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Christina Valdez graduated from the EMDD program in May of 2019. 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