Julia Piccolo

I started my professional journey working in restaurants, which gave me really solid transferable skills in communication with others, whether co-workers or client-facing communication. I started college in 2018, but felt that at the time I just wasn't taking it seriously and didn't really want to waste a lot of money, so I took some time off and barista'd for a while. I went back to college in 2024 and have worked through every summer, taking full-time classes, really trying to get on the fast track to graduating, and it's finally happening soon in May. About 6 months ago, I started an internship through school at Unum in client success, and it has been really amazing. It's taught me so much about just how the corporate world works and made me discover that I have a liking for it and kind of more of a passion for that side of the world. I'm also doing business management for Bostic's Cabinet Painting, which my husband owns. We've had the company since last November. He does all the labor-intensive things like the actual painting, and I'm behind the scenes contacting customers, working up spreadsheets, finances for him, and sometimes therapy. We work very well together, which is nice. Landing the internship has definitely been very meaningful to me and very exciting. To be able to go back and be very serious about college and then kind of see that unfold in positive ways has been super meaningful to me.