Like many young professionals, Christina Gilligan felt like she was at a standstill in her career. In 2021, after years building a resume in tech and product management, she was feeling restless in her position at an advertising agency.
After a decade in the workforce, she watched an increasing amount of her peers ditch their gigs in pursuit of graduate degrees and career next-steps — but she knew that wasn’t the solution she was craving. Still, she worried that her undergraduate degree in business management and marketing could only expand her professional universe so far.
