Hi, my name is Elizabeth Hart and I'm a writer editor with AARP Services. In my current role, I work with staff to prepare communications for our board of directors as well as communications related to new AARP member benefits. I've been with a ARP for about 10 years now. I started off in the human resources team where I spent the first five years and moved through various roles. Then I spotted an opportunity on the A ARP services side and I was fortunate to make that leap. One thing I've appreciated so much about working at AARP is that there are many opportunities to learn and grow and really build a career. For example, I use the tuition assistance benefit to complete my master's degree while I've been here. Furthermore, I was able to hone my writing and editing skills in the human resources team, which I then parlayed into my current role with AARP services. AARP as an association invests heavily in its employees development. And there are many opportunities to transfer knowledge, grow your skills and really build a career here.

So I've been at AARP for almost 25 years now and, and I would, as I, as I think about all the years I've spent here, what really surprises me the most is really just how down to earth the people are. You know, we're all working towards the same mission. It really makes working together a lot easier. Just great people. You know, when I first started here at AAP, this is a fun fact. I didn't have any kids and I have three Children now. Two two, 21 year olds. They're twin boys and my daughter who's 24 and my daughter actually works for our for profit subsidiary. ASI so, in a way we're keeping it all in the family and eventually I'll be passing the torch.

So AARP is a, it's a fun place to be. It's a um you, you get the big corporate setting but you also get the warmth of the of uh of almost like a small nonprofit. You have people here who really care about you who are really enjoyable to work with. You have a lot of professionals. So work is gonna get done. But you also have just opportunities to just be around people to enjoy events and just plan events. You get to do so many things outside of your job. If you put yourself out there, if you pro provide you, if you take advantage of the opportunities, then the opportunities will be there. I've been able to travel, I've been able to interview um leaders here at AARP. I've been able to work with executive leaders and just by chance of having conversations, talking about what I do and things that are of interest to me. And I've been able to be involved in things much larger uh than just the scope of the work that I do. So AARP is very, a very social place. You can, you'll, you'll find people who just wanna connect, who wanna talk, um who want to hang out after work. You'll find people of all ages. The intergenerational workspace is a great place to be because you'll get to learn so much from so many of your peers who, um, have been working much longer than you, ones who are very new in their career. So you get to kind of mentor and teach folks as well and then you just, you just build these great relationships with folks that can just last far beyond your time. Your, let's say, 40 hours a week that you're working.

So, one of my favorite benefits at,here at AARP is the newly renovated gym. Not only do they have some of the most up to date, equipment like Pelotons and treadmills, they also offer classes so you can schedule your classes, take the time to get in that workout in the middle of the day if you want to. Maybe after the day, maybe before you, you start working. Um, it has really just been such a great benefit here and it's a nice, you know, mind break and physical activity is so important. So, I just, I like having that ability to go down there and, and work out if I want to.