Maria Rosana Cruz, Project Coordinator, NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigration Affairs
Maria Rosana Cruz
“I was graced with an internship position focusing on the online campaign for Immigrant Heritage Week 2010 after working at an online advertising agency in midtown for the past year and a half. It turned out that my high school teacher that initially sparked my interested in Media was related to the Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs.
“As an intern from February to April, I spearheaded the online efforts and was basically their guinea pig for social media. The City Hall press department and the lawyers were tracking our initiatives the whole time. It was a “full circle” moment for me when I realized I had a shot to work at the Mayor’s Office because I never expected myself to be running media initiatives in this kind of setting.
“It’s a far cry from my previous private sector gigs (Fox News, Viacom, and an online ad network). It’s also a nice change to wholeheartedly believe in what my office stands for. I officially started as a full time staff member on May 24, as their Project Coordinator.
“I’m graduating this Thursday after five years of full-time work and school!”
Cruz covered the New York City cultural scene for the WORD a few years ago, concentrating on “the affordable and quirky places around the city.”
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