Faces of NPR HBCU Edition: Sommer Hill
Faces Of NPR showcases the people behind NPR--from the voices you hear every day on the radio to the ones who work outside of the recording studio. You'll find out about what they do and what they're inspired by on the daily. This month is special â we are featuring HBCU alum at NPR for Black History Month. Next we have Sommer Hill, Social Media Associate for @NPRExtra!
The Basics:
Name: Sommer Hill
Title: Social Media Associate
HBCU: Howard University
Instagram Handle: @Sommerfh
Where you're from: St Louis, MO, but I'm definitely a citizen of the world
Interviewed by: Yanius Alvarado Matos, Media Relations Publicist
Are you radical about self care?
I think we should be radical about everything. The term radical to me has just been a way for people to kind of box in people who are different from the norm. In ways that support us and help us, I think we should do what's best for us, even if it's called radical. And that comes in all forms.
Be radical about yourself. Overdo it, because no one else believes in what you do, like you do. Be radical about love because love is what keeps us going. I think being radical is good and I don't mind having always been labeled radical.
How do you cope with running (NPR Extra) social media accounts for a 24/7 organization?
Sometimes it's hard because I try to be fun on social media and sometimes people don't understand my intent. And so they come for me on Twitter, but I just have to remember
