Meet Our Award Winners: Miyoko Brunner

Why did you choose fundraising as a career: My junior year at Carleton College, I had a fundraising internship with a small community service organization, the Hough Foundation. I spent several months helping put together a major fundraising event. I discovered that not only did I enjoy working with an amazing organization, but I had found a job that perfectly complemented my strengths as a social person. I've always been a person who organizes events in my own friendship groups. After seeing firsthand how an organization like the Hough Foundation affected the lives of the families within the community, I was hooked.