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I started in the production department, more on the corporate side.

And I did a really good job to the point where Angie Martinez, who was the voice of New York at the time, she's a huge radio personality, like top of her field, was like, Holly, I want you to come work with me on the studio side.

And only like 13 people in the whole company were allowed to work on that side of the office.

And it's like where all the celebrities are.

And I was like, of course I want to.

And so my internship actually formally ended at that point.

There was no more college credit associated with it.

And she was like, well, you got to come in every day.

And I was like, OK, like what do you like after school?

Like, what do you mean?

And like she was like, well, like it's up to you.

Like if you want to take this, like you've got to come in every day.

So I ended up quitting my job, my college career.

I dropped out of school.

And I decided to intern at this radio station.

And so I worked for free at that radio station for two and a half years.

And I took a pause from my college career.

So then I had this like new vision of what I could be.

I didn't have to use my voice for singing.

And I thought, hey, I could just be the next Angie Martinez.