Welcome to Growing Up Comm a new podcast series from the International Communication Association Podcast Network. Growing Up Comm episodes are hosted by the ICA Student and Early Career Advisory Council, led by co-chairs Lara Schreurs from KU Leuven and Chrissy Cook from National Chengchi University. Additional hosts include fellow council members, Dan Andrew at University of Canberra, Arienne Ferchaud at Florida State University, Sarah Pila-Leiderman at Northwestern University, and Cecilia Zhou at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. This podcast series will discuss topics that are primarily relevant for students and early career scholars. We will discuss topics such as finding work life balance in early career stages. How do we navigate the global job market and academia and industry? How do we leverage social media for personal branding as a scholar? How, why and when do we talk with the media? How do we deal with insecurity and rejection? What are the opportunities for professional development across ICA divisions? And how do we prepare to get the most from the next ICA conference? The guests joining us have already and or are currently navigating these issues and providing listeners with fun anecdotes, plenty of lessons learned and even some laughs here and there. All this and so much more. This episode of the Growing Up Comm podcast series is presented by the International Communication Association. Our producer is Christian Elliott. Our production coordinator is Nick Song. Our executive producer is Aldo Diaz Caballero. The theme music is by Will Van De Crommert. Thanks for listening.