{"id":2040,"date":"2023-09-20T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2024-06-07T18:08:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:08:27","slug":"purdue-global-grad-dreams-really-do-come-true-this-was-my-chance-to-make-it-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q3\/purdue-global-grad-dreams-really-do-come-true-this-was-my-chance-to-make-it-happen","title":{"rendered":"Purdue Global grad: \u2018Dreams really do come true. This was my chance to make it happen\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Kerry Bruso has always been a performer. She started dancing when she was 3 years old and says it\u2019s always been the thing that lights her up. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s extremely empowering,\u201d she says. \u201cIt fills your whole soul.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruso, who earned her MBA from Purdue Global in May, was an academic force to be reckoned with. The Bel Air, Maryland, resident graduated from a highly competitive magnet high school program, the Science and Mathematics Academy. She went on to get her bachelor\u2019s degree in dance performance from Oklahoma City University in 2017 and became a dancer at Walt Disney World<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While most people wouldn\u2019t think of a master\u2019s in business administration<\/a> as something that could advance a dancer\u2019s career, Bruso saw an opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she learned about what a Disney World choreographer does and how it could be in her future, she knew this was the smart way to look ahead. But it wouldn\u2019t be a simple path and definitely not an easy one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon after graduating from Purdue Global<\/a> \u2014 where she sang the national anthem<\/a> at her commencement ceremony \u2014 she was promoted and moved into the choreographer role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am absolutely loving my new job and feel so grateful to be living a dream of mine,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to say goodbye to performing, but hopefully, it\u2019s not necessarily a goodbye. I have so many other dreams and passions other than dance. At this point in my life, my passion and drive to help empower others is much stronger than my passion for performing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more of Kerry\u2019s story on The Persistent Pursuit website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media are welcome to share, post and publish these stories, photos and videos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Purdue Global<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Purdue Global is Purdue\u2019s online university for working adults who have life experience and often some college credits. It offers flexible paths for students to earn an associate, bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s or doctoral degree, based on their work experience, military service and previous college credits, no matter where they are in their life journey. Purdue Global is a nonprofit, public university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and backed by Purdue University. For more information, visit\u00a0https:\/\/stories.purdue.edu\/purdue-global\/<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n Writer\/Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Matthew Oates, 765-496-6160,\u00a0oatesw@purdue.edu<\/strong><\/a>; @mo_oates <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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