After a super (yet seriously short) trip to San Francisco at the end of last week, I came back to see that Nancy over at The Centre for Emotional Wellbeing has reviewed my book. It’s always nice to see what people in related fields have to say.

In the meantime, a reader, Inness, has asked me to talk about how I started my career in sexology and sexuality education. For those of you who already know, you can skip this part, but if you don’t know, here is your chance to find out. When I was in high school, I was offered an opportunity to be part of a Peer HIV/AIDS Education pilot program at North Shore University Hospital. (With the support of my parents) I jumped at the chance. At the time, I had no idea that this experience would foreshadow my future. Needless to say, at the age of 15 I became incredibly comfortable talking about sexuality, more specifically safer sex. And when I went to college, I found myself providing the same types of information to my peers. I served as a member of FLASH, a sexual health education group on campus, wrote the anonymous sex advice column for the paper, and wrote articles about female sexuality for the campus women’s magazine.

Though I had once assumed that I would be an investment banker or an attorney, it was clear that the field/industry for me was sexuality (education in particular). Once I realized that, everything was a bit easier. I matriculated into the Human Sexuality Education program at The University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education (most of the program is now being conducted at Widener University) and fell in love with what I was learning. And that is where it all began.

For those of you who may be looking to join the field, there are many resources out there.