CSUEB English grad owns successful B2B web marketing firm

• June 21, 2012 5:00am

Dianna Huff ’86, ’93 tells college students that you don't always know where life will take you.

She started her journey at Cal State East Bay in nursing but that didn't go as she planned.  After struggling in science classes and receiving low grades, she decided to give business school a try. Nope. That wasn't a good fit, either, she said.

It wasn't until she lucked into an English course with Professor Robert V. William that Huff found her passion. It was William’s praise of her writing that gave her the confidence to choose English as her major. The degree taught her to think strategically, research, analyze well thought out plans, analyze business Web sites and support with evidence.

“One of the things that California State University, East Bay is good at is creating people who work – either for themselves or others – and who sustain the economy,” said Huff.  She currently lives in New Hampshire where she owns her own company, DH Communications, Inc., a business-to-business Web site marketing firm.

Her advice to CSUEB students, “Keep learning constantly, this doesn’t mean you need to go back to school but you should always keep learning in whatever career you end up in.”

Read previous blog story on Huff, “English grad Dianna Huff wins gold for marketing work”  

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