Andrea Mattingly is the Communications Director of Student Success Programs at Purdue University where she develops and coordinates communication strategies for eight intersecting student support departments. In her previous career as a newspaper reporter, she honed skills such as storytelling and multimedia development. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and a Master of Science in Technology from Purdue. In addition to her role with Student Success, Mattingly instructs an introductory communication course on writing for the mass media and media relations.