What can you do with an IC English degree? Become a chef, of course. What if your degree is in theater arts management? You can start an organic food business. If you majored in television-radio? Find work as a cook on a National Science Foundation research ship.

Sixteen students left South Hill thinking they knew what they were going to do with the rest of their lives and discovered the best way to follow their hearts was to heed their taste buds. Afterall, when your business is food, you can have your cake and eat it, too.

In each case, the IC experience informed the way these alumni realized their dreams. Read on and find out who they are and how they’re doing it.