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>> My name is Erica.

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I am enrolled in the visual media design
program with an emphasis in graphic design.

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California in general is kind
of a mecca for graphic design.

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If you're into mobile design you can be
a UX designer, an interface designer,

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you can do web design, you can be a
creative director, artistic director.

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Getting a graphic design degree doesn't
mean that you have to be a graphic designer.

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There's so much more you can do with it.

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Graphic design is one of those fields where you
just have to be open to feedback and criticism

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and pay a lot of attention to detail.

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You know, you're always collaborating.

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I mean, that's a huge part of working for a
company or an agency or an organization is

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that you're going to be working
with other people.

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I like choosing the community
college over a state college

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because they had a little bit
more of a hands-on approach.

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When you start off in the program you have to
take an intro to all of the Adobe programs.

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Once you advance in the program we have
a studio class which is basically working

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on real life projects for real clients.

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We get to do things that meaningful
and that are out in the world.

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It's all practical.

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You're actually getting to do real things

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so it will help you make your
portfolio a little bit better.

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You can say, "I did this project,
here it is, the clients are using it".

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