Spring — 2012

Segal Moosiki

Communication

“If it wasn’t for Counseling, I really wouldn’t know what classes to take. I’d feel lost, and I probably wouldn’t be getting into UCLA.”

When Segal Moosiki came to SMC a couple of years ago, she was filled with a sense of relief. And home. “I went to Beverly Hills High School, and it was, like, all the same kind of people, with all the same kind of attitudes, and I felt pretty excluded. My family is a bunch of different ethnicities; my dad’s Israeli, and my mom’s Bolivian. So, coming to SMC and meeting all these people who are like me made me feel completely accepted. I just love the range of nationalities and cultures here.”

She was heading out for an evening of Shabbat. “This is every Friday night, when Jewish families get together to have some good Jewish soul food and talk. We form a community that way,” said Segal. And building—and discovering—‘community’ would seem to be what Segal is all about. “My hope for the future is to travel all around the world to learn about different types of communication in various societies. Careerwise, I want to go into public relations and advertising. And I’m studying cultural anthropology now for background, because I want my career to take me to many countries. I want the world!”

Through what she calls “very convenient night classes” and “a sense of being free to do exactly what I want to do,” Segal reports that SMC has been an ideal fit for her. And she adds that one particular encounter here actually made a thunderous change in her life. “One of my speech teachers was Darryl-Keith Ogata, and he made me fall in love with the field of communication, which I knew absolutely nothing about when I arrived at SMC. He taught us by telling stories of his personal life. We didn’t even realize that we were learning! It was never boring, and I was always excited to read the text. He just made me feel empowered about what I’m doing, and I have to say that he’s the best teacher that I ever had in my life.”

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