Alyssa Carter is from Oregon’s lovely capitol, Salem. She graduated from the University of Oregon in early December, 2007 with a degree in Journalism (public relations) as well as a minor in Business. She spent the first three years of her college life on campus in Eugene where she worked at a call center in student fundraising. In September 2007, she moved to Portland to finish her last term through the Portland Senior Experience, a program designed to give selected PR students a chance to gain “real-world” experience in thriving Portland. At the same time, she worked as an intern in the Creative Strategies department at Umpqua Bank.

Post-graduation and internship she traveled to a military base in Vicenza, Italy where she worked 40 hours a week with preschoolers – definitely different than her usual writing jobs. Now, as a recent graduate with (in her opinion) a killer resume, she's beginning the elusive job search. It might not be the best luck that the economy isn’t doing so hot right now. And it might not have been the best planning for her to have signed a year-long lease on her current apartment in downtown Portland (which she’ll soon have trouble financing with lack of employment opportunities). Either way, she hopes you enjoy the rants on her PR blog, which hopefully will be backed up by a PR job soon.

Alyssa Carter's blog is prstuffetc.