When Christy Peterson, ’95, moved to DeKalb for her first year of college, she had a very clear vision of where she wanted to go.

“I always wanted to be an attorney, and my course was set when I went to NIU,” she said with a laugh. “To give you an idea of how passionate I was for this career, my license plate on my first car read ‘Pre Law 6.’

As she earned her journalism degree, NIU fostered her robust love of learning and Peterson was on track to enroll in law school. However, like so many young people with good intentions and firm goals, life had other plans.

Click here to read more about Peterson’s career path and how she continues to solve problems as Vice President of T-CETRA Logistics.