Christina Thiele-Yancy credits her supportive instructors in the 海角社区CI Art program to her success.
Christina Thiele-Yancy | 鈥10 B.A. Art
By Karin GrennanBefore transferring from Santa Rosa Junior College, Christina Thiele-Yancy was so shy that she had a hard time raising her hand in class, let alone speaking in public. Upon her arrival at 海角社区CI, she vowed to follow Eleanor Roosevelt鈥檚 advice: 鈥淒o one thing every day that scares you.鈥
鈥淚 would make sure I raised my hand as often as possible, despite the shaking and sweating. By the end of my time there, I was doing stand-up comedy sets on campus and going to every event possible,鈥 Thiele-Yancy said. 鈥淏eing able to challenge myself so openly there made me who I am today and made all of my future jobs possible. 鈥 I really think I would be a different person if it wasn鈥檛 for 海角社区CI. I learned to be myself there and that being myself could and would carry me where I wanted to go.鈥
It helped that the Art program faculty were so supportive and encouraging, particularly the late Kathleen Quaife and Catie Mihalopoulos, with whom she curated an art show.
鈥淎dditionally, Peter Harper was a huge influence on me and helped me build my confidence in being able to speak up for myself and make my own path,鈥 Thiele-Yancy said of the Art lecturer.
Her professional path started with a summer internship with the soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, that she saw advertised at 海角社区CI.
鈥淭hat internship was huge for me,鈥 Thiele-Yancy said. 鈥淚 learned very quickly that I did not want to be a part of production. It was too boring for me 鈥 a lot of waiting around for something to happen. I loved the action in the production office and knew that I would look for jobs similar to that.鈥
Using communication and leadership skills she developed as a student housing resident assistant during her senior year, she worked her way up from an assistant to the executive vice president for worldwide distribution and delivery at Summit Entertainment to the position she now holds as a dubbing title manager at Netflix. She manages the process of swapping audio in different languages into recordings and communicates with studios all over the world to make sure their needs are met.
鈥淚 absolutely love my job. Netflix is an incredible company to work for and grow with,鈥 the Glendale resident said. 鈥淲e strive to be great communicators and problem solvers.鈥