As a player and leader, I learned so much about how to handle conflicts and how to work with others in difficult situations, which has prepared me well to take the next steps into a career.

One of the first pieces of advice I got for directing was to choose a play that you absolutely love. For me, a public health student at Hopkins who has been interested in the intersection of art and advocacy since high school, Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory seemed like the...