Grateful for her BB&N Experience
When I think about BB&N, what stays with me most is the feeling of being truly known. As a student, my teachers saw me—not just academically, but as a whole person—and supported me in ways that built my confidence and encouraged my curiosity. That sense of being recognized and valued shaped how I saw myself and how I learned to engage with the world. Long after graduation, those relationships and memories have stayed with me, influencing how I approach my work, my values, and my understanding of what strong communities look like.
That experience also helped shape my professional path. Today, I work as a Development and Planned Giving Consultant in a field that is deeply relationship-driven and often misunderstood. Planned giving isn’t about complexity, wealth, or age—it’s deeply personal and is about intention. It’s about aligning your values with the organizations that have mattered most to you over time. At its best, planned giving grows naturally out of trust, consistency, and care. My work is centered on helping people see that legacy giving is accessible, thoughtful, and rooted in personal connection, not transaction.
My decision to include BB&N in my estate plans grew quietly and organically from gratitude. It wasn’t about recognition or making a statement—it was about staying connected to a place that played such a formative role in my life. BB&N helped shape who I am, and this is simply a way of honoring that relationship and ensuring that future students can experience the same sense of being known and supported. Schools like BB&N exist because people remain connected to them over time, and for me, legacy giving is a meaningful way to remain part of a community that will always matter.
A planned gift to BB&N is less about looking ahead than it is about looking back with appreciation—and choosing to stay connected to a place that helped shape my story, long after my time on campus ended.