Nicole Johanson

I live through my music. It is a part of me that I could simply not live without. Ever since a little girl, I have been able to connect with emotions, feelings and thoughts through not only listening to music, but singing. The feeling I get when I sing is undescribable. You can not understand what it is like until you've experienced it yourself. Especially over the past couple of years, music has been my therapy. Through hard time and happy times, it is what I turn to.

Although singing is the one single thing in the world that makes me the most happy, practicality comes into play. To pursue a career in music, my whole life would have to be committed to it. I have not been willing enough yet to drop everything and put all of my enery towards making it big. Although I try my best when I get the chance, I don't see myself moving down to Nashville anytime soon. Right now, my priority is getting through school, getting a degree, and seeing where my music may take me thereafter.

I am currently studying Business Management at The University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I plan to graduate in May, 2015. I am very interested in learning how companies emerge, and how they are maintained to progress themselves into high performing and respectable businesses. The past two years, I have been fortunate enough to intern at a small investment banking firm in Cambridge, MA.

Through my internship at MedCap Advisors, I have retained knowledge and been a part of valuable experiences with the company's clients that have guided me to what kind of career I want to focus on pursuing. At MedCap, I communicate with clients to help them craft beneficial strategic partnerships, mergers & acquisitions, and licensing agreements. I compose Keynote and PowerPoint presentations that are later issued to potential buyers. In addition, I analyze and organize client product information and collaborate with fellow co- workers to optimize interest in our clients. I continue to grow an interest toward the development of successful companies, which has inspired me to pursue a career in business management.

I am an extremely determines person, and have a lot of goals in life for myself. I believe that my extroversion and perky personality will help guide me to the career that I will strive in the most. Although my career path as of now doesn't have much to do with my greatest passion of music, I believe that whatever is meant to be, will be. I am a