BLACKSBURG, Va., May 13 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Paula Yost '02 once struggled to explain to her parents what she could do with an education in English. When people asked her what career she wanted in college, she didn't have a rehearsed answer. She only knew what she liked, what she was good at, and what naturally intrigued her. It was English.
Now, Yost's resume reads like three or four lifetimes wrapped into one. She owns and manages her own law firm, works as a licensed mental health therapist, teaches continuing legal education programs across the world, and even co-owns a flower farm with one of her best friends. As far as education, she also holds a juris doctor, a ma...