Did she just misspell her last name?
No—Streett: double E, double T. Not to be confused with a street.
Photo: Darlene Pinnock
In the language of my ancestors, the Nanticoke Indian Tribe of Delaware, it means Earth Keeper. Fitting, right?
I’ve always loved the outdoors. I grew up planting flowers in my yard and harvesting fruits and vegetables on my family’s farm. I didn’t really realize, though, that this hobby could become my life until recently.
During my senior year of high school, (St. Andrew’s School, Delaware–the setting of “Dead Poet’s Society”) I took Environmental Science and it changed the way I approach my life. I learned about global warming, the harms of pesticide runoff, and gained a new appreciation for what I grew and ate.
At Wellesley College (the setting of “Mona Lisa Smile”), I continued studying about the environment and graduated in 2009 with majors in both Environmental Studies and Africana Studies. During my college tenure, I had two internships at Boston’s CBS affiliate, WBZ-TV. My first internship was at the Assignment Desk and my second was in Special Events (feature stories for evening broadcasts). There I learned that television is a medium for education.
In May 2010, I graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. As a broadcast concentrator, I produced multimedia stories for two websites NYCtake2.com and NYCinFocus.org.
After Columbia, I relocated to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. I worked as an intern at Plum TV, a national lifestyle network, before becoming the producer of the morning show “Plum Daily.”
