Erin Gold (`08)
Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, Project Management
Erin attended the Steiner School from kindergarten through high school and went on to Dickinson College where she majored in International Relations. Having decided that she wanted to focus on the Middle East, she spent her junior year in Amman, Jordan—she was there during the beginning of the Arab Spring—and, after returning to Dickinson and graduating in 2012, moved back to Tunisia and then to Jordan.
Her wanderlust started during her junior year of high school, when she lived in Germany for the winter term. The experience, “Gave me a whole new perspective. My Steiner education made me a globally minded citizen, without me even being aware of it; the type of history we studied, the myths we learned, the languages...” She credits all her teachers for instilling this viewpoint, but especially Mrs. Amrine. “Both in her teaching style and how she sees the world, she definitely cultivated a the-world-is-your-oyster mentality. Go out and enjoy it.”
In Tunisia she taught English to students of all ages, working for AMIDEAST, an American non-profit whose mission is to build mutual understanding and cooperation between the peoples of the United States and the Middle East and North Africa. It was there that she “got passionate about teaching” because she saw how inadequate their educational system was. Unlike at Steiner, she found that, “A lot of these kids were never told, by parents or teachers, ‘You can do this.’ I can’t imagine any of my teachers not empowering me in grade school. When I was in Jordan they were trying to figure out how to teach non-cognitive skills, such as passion, determination and empathy, things that as a Steiner student sort of evolved for me. Miss Honor was my main lesson teacher and I had a very, very close relationship with her. What teachers aren’t ever given enough credit for is how big a role they play in the development of these skills. You’re learning by example, as well as through activities. Other than my parents, that was the person I was around the most when I was growing up. I’m glad I was around someone like her, who was very kind and loving and had all these qualities.”
She is an experienced writer, brand builder, and content marketer. Over the course of her career, Erin has worked around the world, helping startups to well-established companies grow their businesses. As a consequence of her diverse experiences, she has gained a variety of skill sets in communications, marketing, project management, and coordination.