I was most passionate about. I wouldn’t say I’ve always known I wanted to do photography and videography. It took a few internships, like working for NCBA in Washington D.C., for me to realize what I did or didn’t want to do. While I loved that experience, I knew that it wasn’t the path God laid out for me. After I graduated from OSU in 2014, I worked for Ranch House Designs as their Multimedia Director, then Oklahoma State as an Event Coordinator, and occasionally I would photograph shows for Pearl’s Pics. Over the years, I slowly began working on my business on the
side and put in a lot of late nights after I got home from my full-time job. During this time I also began taking classes online with Oklahoma State to obtain my Masters of Business Administration (MBA.) People frequently remember my husband Marcus from his time as a judging coach at Butler. When he accepted a job at Zoetis we made the move to Iowa and I decided to take my business full-time. We currently live in Winterset, Iowa with our two dogs, Tripp and Duke, and Marcus now serves as Director of U.S. Swine Business at United
of that interview, Eric Grant asked me to be the Co-Host of the Angus Association’s new TV show, “The Angus Report,” at the age of 19. Eric Grant and his team were very influential in my career path and sparked my interest in video production. While I was serving as Miss American Angus and the Co-Host of the Angus Report, I was also attending Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas and competing on their livestock judging team. I was driving close to six hours round trip every other week to film the show. I had a lot on my plate but I grew so much in those two years and had a lot of fun along the way. I absolutely loved judging livestock at the collegiate level and always encourage younger generations to pursue that path because I got so much out of it. A lot of life lessons were learned from my
coach, Chris Mullinix, and I believe learning to evaluate livestock plays into my business quite frequently. I continued my education at Oklahoma State University where I obtained a degree in Agricultural Communications. I took this time to dive into the different areas of ag communications in order to find out what
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