This is my first post-graduate MVYouth update. I graduated from Berklee in May with a degree in Electronic Production and Design. My past four years of education were incredibly rewarding and I could not be more grateful for the opportunity the MVYouth founders and donors gave me in awarding me the scholarship in 2017. The biggest life change for me since graduating is that I now live on the west coast. I decided to move to Los Angeles this past June and have been there the last 7 months. Having gone to Berklee gave me a strong base of classmates and alumni to help me acclimate to the new city.

In early October, I accepted a position as a General Assistant at Larrabee Studios in North Hollywood. Larrabee is a world class recording studio that is a favorite of many A-list musicians and artists. It is exactly the institution I was dreaming to work at when I moved to Los Angeles and I could not be more grateful to have been offered the position. I’ll be learning the operations of a studio of the highest caliber, where the training involved to eventually become a full-time engineer will be a massive learning experience.

The great education I was afforded the opportunity to receive at Berklee is what prepared me to land this position at Larrabee Studios. With this new job I am now looking forward to work every day, and get to spend my time working in a music studio- which has always been my dream. I have the opportunity to bring the education I received at Berklee to the next level- working in a professional facility filled with staff that have decades of experience in the music industry. I could not be more excited for what this next year will bring as I keep working to become a full-time recording engineer.