{"id":13254,"date":"2022-12-12T09:17:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T14:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=13254"},"modified":"2022-12-12T09:58:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T14:58:34","slug":"elizabethtown-college-communications-alumnus-inspires-young-girls-to-dream-big-with-debut-childrens-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2022\/12\/12\/elizabethtown-college-communications-alumnus-inspires-young-girls-to-dream-big-with-debut-childrens-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Communications Alumnus Inspires Young Girls to Dream Big with Debut Children\u2019s Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inspired by his two young daughters, Elizabethtown College Alumnus Dario Mescia \u201998 recently published his debut children\u2019s book, \u201cRuby Reindeer and the Magic Antlers.<\/a>\u201d The story follows a young female reindeer, Ruby, as she sets out on a courageous journey to prove that boy reindeer aren\u2019t the only ones that have the magic to pull Santa\u2019s sleigh.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mescia wrote the book around the 2019 holiday season, just before the pandemic hit. When the concept for the story popped into his head one day, he knew he had to write the book to show his daughters and all young girls that they can achieve whatever they want to, as long as they believe in themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that any young girl reading my book learns that there are no limits to what they can accomplish in this world and that no one gets to define who they are or what they can do except for themselves,\u201d Mescia said. \u201cFor any young boy reading this book, I hope they learn that girls are capable of doing anything they are capable of doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a Communications major at Etown<\/a>, Mescia was involved in both the ECTV student television station and the WWEC radio station as a DJ and the Assistant Music Director during his senior year. He credits Etown and the Communications Department<\/a> with preparing him to succeed while navigating new experiences like this one.<\/p>\n

\u201cEtown taught me how to learn,\u201d Mescia said. \u201cThis experience required me to learn many different specialties very quickly. I had to manage the PR, marketing, financials, and shipping, and I also had to design the book and manage the illustrator. I currently have to hold events and speak publicly. Most of that is out of my area of expertise, so I had to learn it all very quickly. Etown built that foundation for me and taught me how to learn quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Although he admits that the writing and publishing process was a lot of work, he encourages aspiring authors to be fearless when jumping into the unknown, be flexible, and don\u2019t be afraid to ask for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have an idea that you truly believe in, go for it,\u201d Mescia said. \u201cWhen you do, shoot for the moon. The worst thing that can happen is it fails. The best thing that happens is you get to the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about \u201cRuby Reindeer and the Magic Antlers\u201d or to purchase the book, visit Mescia\u2019s website<\/a>. Keep up with his latest news on Facebook @rubyreindeerbook<\/a> or on Instagram @ruby_reindeer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inspired by his two young daughters, Elizabethtown College Alumnus Dario Mescia \u201998 recently published his debut children\u2019s book, \u201cRuby Reindeer and the Magic Antlers.\u201d The story follows a young female reindeer, Ruby, as she sets out on a courageous journey to prove that boy reindeer aren\u2019t the only ones that have the magic to pull […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":13255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1339],"tags":[237],"class_list":["post-13254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","tag-alumni","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13254"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13262,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13254\/revisions\/13262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}