Young Woman Dreams of Living in New York City - Dream Comes True and She is Now Living on Roosevelt Island

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The NY Times profiled a young woman with a dream of living in New York City ever since she was a young girl. She made that dream come true and now lives on Roosevelt Island. From the NY Times:

As a teenager, Kristy Shelberg, stoked by “Seinfeld” and “Friends” and subscriptions to Vogue and Elle, plotted her escape from Creve Coeur, Mo., for New York City and a job in fashion or photography. She graduated in 2010 with a B.A. in marketing from LIM College in Midtown Manhattan, became Kristy Whitwell when she married her hometown sweetheart in July, and was hired last August as the event and party coordinator at the Scholastic Store in SoHo. Ms. Whitwell, 24, lives on Roosevelt Island with her husband, David, a classical trombonist attending the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music....

The entire article is here.

Welcome to NYC and Roosevelt Island Kristy.

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