Diontay Santiago
Strategist
About
<p>I began my career in 2021 through the Ogilvy Associate's Program. After completing the 18-month program, I'm currently a strategist at Ogilvy. During my time at Ogilvy, I've also had the opportunity to contribute to different efforts such as the Future Marketers Program, a program in collaboration with PENCIL dedicated to exposing students from diverse, low-income communities in New York City to the advertising industry.</p> <p>Before working at Ogilvy, I studied marketing at Fordham University and participated in a variety of extracurriculars, most notably being the president of Fordham's Black Student Alliance, Asili. This resulted in me being the recipient of the university's <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;">Reverend Joseph P. Fitzpatrick Award, an award</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> recognizing one senior who exhibited a deep passion for and commitment to social justice and awareness within the Fordham community as well as within the Greater New York community.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;">I'm born and raised in the Bronx, New York. In my downtime, you can find me playing basketball, gaming, going to local music events </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">around the city, finding opportunities to give back to my community, or generally hanging with friends!</span></p>
