Our first “Alumni Spotlight” shines on 2009 Communication Studies graduate Katharine Ballas. Katharine is currently working as a Development Associate for a nonprofit called Green Dot Public Schools in Los Angeles. Green Dot works with the Los Angeles Unified School District to develop charter schools that focus on preparing students for college. While Katharine loves her work with this important nonprofit, she is a food lover at heart, and this past summer she developed a blog, “Meal Muse,” that documents her culinary adventures, both inside the kitchen and out at great restaurants. Soon after creating her blog, she became a freelance writer for the “South Pasadena Patch,” where she writes columns on food-related topics, including restaurant reviews and a weekly column on the farmer’s market. She is also currently helping the owner of a local artisan ice cream company with marketing and media outreach (hmm… I wonder if this involves free ice cream?). I chose to talk about Katharine for my first alumni profile because she has done a wonderful job of finding ways to follow her true passion: food! You can follow Katharine on her blog, Meal Muse here: www.mealmuse.wordpress.com and you can check out her frequent articles on the South Pasadena Patch here: http://southpasadena.patch.com/users/katharine-ballas/articles. I’m going to sign off for now because after reading Katharine’s posts, I’m hungry! I wish there was a Hi-Life Burgers up here in San Francisco! Congratulations, Katharine, on your success!
'09 graduate Katharine Ballas
Congrats to Katharine, one of my favorite classmates at USF and a fellow Los Angeles transplant! Katherine, if you ever need someone to accompany you on a restaurant review, let me know! 😉
Take care,
Jake