Her Story
About Briana
I started college in August 2025 at Bowling Green State University of Firelands, majoring in digital content creation where I work through graphic design, photography, video, print media, and all that good stuff. Before becoming a student, I self-taught graphic design. I currently have a dual internship where half my time is spent doing tech support and technology setup in IT, and the other half doing content creation at the school, helping create videos, editing, photography, graphic design, and commercial making. My boss gives us assignments and we all work together to figure out how to accomplish projects. Right now we're working on a video for a gala with 8 nominees that we're interviewing and creating a long video that will be played at a big event. I founded an improv club at my school where we meet weekly to exercise our communication skills and get each other out of our comfort zones. Our goal is to gather enough people to convince the school board to let us start a theater program, because COVID ended it. I'm also working on my own business project where I go to concerts, bring my camera, tripod, and lighting, and interview bands about how they started, what equipment they use, and other topics. I'm in the process of editing these interviews and we're on the journey to creating our own magazine with those reviews.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Briana
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to getting diagnosed with ADHD and finally understanding why I was struggling in school. Once I figured out that I had ADHD, I got to really learn why I was struggling and I got to improve on myself and realize that I'm capable - if you have ADHD, you're capable of learning still and getting your grades straight up. I went from bad grades in high school to a 4.0. A big thing was asking for help and understanding that people do want to help me. I had to overcome the discouragement and realize that I can just go for it, I can ask for help, and people will help me. I'm also on medication - I started taking Zoloft and another medication that balances my serotonin levels and other chemicals. It has made a life-changing difference. I guess it's kind of a mindset - my psychiatrist told me to read this ADHD book, and just wanting to change is very important.
02What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I really like to share the idea that leadership and getting your goals completed is really possible. A lot of people are too scared to start their projects, but I really want to help spread that message to other people similar to my situation, or just students in general who don't really know what they want to do. There's so many doors open that are possible. I started college as a young adult without much financial support and chose to go all on my own after getting diagnosed with ADHD. I was not that great in high school, but once I figured out that I had ADHD, I got to really learn why I was struggling in school, so I got to improve on myself and realize that I'm capable. I went from bad grades in high school to a 4.0, and really just getting myself out of my comfort zone.
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