PROFESSION: Editor-In-Chief Essence Magazine Burt-Murray, 35, from Pomona, Calif., graduated from Hampton University with a bachelor's degree in finance in 1992. She took the hard road, switching her focus to journalism after realizing that business was not her niche.
Studying African American literature was the closest she came to taking a journalism class at Hampton, but she says that being a product of a historically black college helped her accomplish her goals.
"Going to an HBCU was very helpful in that I became confident in my presentation skills," Burt-Murray said.
