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Ace: I am the first American born in my family. I was born in New York
City but lived and grew up in Edison, New Jersey. I graduated from
Empress public High school, JP Stevens, then attended St. John's University in
Staten Island, New York with a scholarship for community service and
travel. Believing I was behind and competing with Ivy League students
State of for jobs, I did six internships in media and entertainment. I was
accepted to the NBC Universal Inc. Page Program, a highly competitive
media fellowship program that develops leadership with a 1.3%
acceptance rate. In order to be accepted, there is a rigorous 8-hour
Mind interview in which candidates go through a one-on-one interview, a
panel interview, and perform a 2 minute2-minute creative elevator
pitch. Those who impress the HR panel and Directors of the program
are accepted -– Some of alumni include Regis Feldman, Aubrey Plaza,
and notable presidents and higher levelhigher-level executives within
Media and Entertainment across the entirety of the industry. It wasn’t
easy to get in – a coordinator made a mistake and I had to do the panel
interview twice. After working in New York City for a year, I moved to
T H E Los Angeles and worked in TV development. I started as an Executive
A C E D O L I G O S A S T O R Y Assistant to Leela Pon & Betsy Slenzak at E! networks for TV
Development and current series in unscripted, working on projects like
Fashion Police & Botched. Afterwards I worked in scripted & unscripted
By Jarrod Coleman TV development at Studios All3Media & IM Global TV. I actually tried to
leave the industry and ended up at CAA, Creative Artists Agency as a
Jarrod: Tell us a little about yourself department head / departmental assistant, I took the opportunity as a
and your education that lead you to way to gain confidence as a leader in an executive role in finance and
being featured on the cover of our accounting. I didn't know it yet but this was the on-the-job training
magazine…. that helped prepare me most for starting my own future businesses.

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