As a nontraditional student, I returned to Southeast Technical College to pursue a second career in Media Design. I’ve always enjoyed learning new technology; the first time I attended STC, many years ago, I enrolled in the Data Processing program, where I learned computer programming. After graduation, I was a programmer analyst for several Sioux Falls companies for the next 15 years. When my second child was born, I concentrated my attention on my family. I worked on obtaining a BA in Art from the University of Sioux Falls, where I graduated with Suma Cum Laude honors. I knew that I have always been a problem solver and someone who enjoys approaching challenges from different perspectives. Still, it was only recently that I came to realize that whether I am programming computers, raising my children, creating art, or designing media, the problem-solving aspect has been the common denominator that gives my life purpose. Throughout my working career, I worked for businesses in which I could utilize either my artistic interests or my technical education, but not both at the same time. Media designers create a visual language that supports the ideas and messages of businesses and organizations. As a Media Design student, I understand now that design has much to do with recognizing the desired goal and coming up with a visual and typographic solution to resolve marketing objectives. As a two-time graduate of STC, I look forward to these challenges in my new career and anticipate that I will be able to incorporate my artistic aptitude with the technical aspects of media design.