Andrea Lirio is a rising junior at Bryn Mawr College majoring in International/Global Studies. This summer, Andrea interned as an external communications intern at Fidelity Investments. Back in May, Andrea grew a 30 person team to manage Relay. Relay is a solution to a problem about finding reliable COVID-19 resources. Relay differentiates from similar products by responding to COVID-19 from a students perspective, helping and educating others about the pandemic to stay safe and informed. With students internship/summer plans rescinded due to the Pandemic, Andrea wanted to provide opportunities to create a meaningful project over the summer.  You can find Relay on their website, Facebook page, and Instagram. This year, Andrea will be spending what she calls her "Gap Year 2.0" to write her first book, "Creative @ Work" with expected publication in April 2021 while working on a fast-moving venture which consists of a TV show and product line component.

In this episode, Andrea will tell us how Relay Resource started, her TV Show Startup, her experience as a student entrepreneur, and debunking the stereotype around gap years.

Relay Resource: https://linktr.ee/RelayResource (Relay Resource website is temporarily unavailable for maintenance and updates) 

Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started