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This story isn't what I was hoping for, but I'm still learning. I keep telling myself not every story will be perfect - there's always room for improvement. UPDATE: I guess I was being too hard on myself because I just got some really good feedback from my teacher on this story. "Exceptional" was the word.. :)

September 19, 2008 - Jennifer Tang, 24, a second year doctoral program student at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., makes jewelry in her apartment in Cambridge, Mass. Tang started Majenta Designs, her jewelry business, a year ago to help pay for her student loans. Photo by Crista Hecht.

September 19, 2008 - Jennifer Tang, 24, a second year doctoral program student at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., makes jewelry in her apartment in Cambridge, Mass. Tang started Majenta Designs, her jewelry business, a year ago to help pay for her student loans. "I always was really into crafting and making things and when I started grad school, it was about paying off loans," Tang says. Photo by Crista Hecht.

September 19, 2008 - Jennifer Tang, 24, a second year doctoral program student at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., places finished jewelry in the sun to dry in her apartment in Cambridge, Mass. Tang started Majenta Designs, her jewelry business, a year ago to help pay for her student loans. She makes jewelry, tins, mirrors, pins and other small items to sell on Etsy.com, a Web site where people can sell handmade products. Photo by Crista Hecht.

September 19, 2008 - Jennifer Tang, 24, a second year doctoral program student at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., reacts to receiving a new jewelry order online while in her apartment in Cambridge, Mass. Tang started Majenta Designs, her jewelry business, a year ago to help pay for her student loans. "Jewelry's a really competitive field," she says. "I've sold my products throughout the U.S., and in Australia, Indonesia, Belgium, Sweden and Canada. Right now I'm trying to finish a big order for a wedding in Australia." Photo by Crista Hecht.

September 19, 2008 - Jennifer Tang, 24, a second year doctoral program student at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., makes jewelry in her apartment in Cambridge, Mass. Tang started Majenta Designs, her jewelry business, a year ago to help pay for her student loans. "I don't get to see my friends or my boyfriend very often," she says. "There's some days when I intern at Shattuck Hospital from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., go to school from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., then I'm home by 10:30 p.m., I check my mail and Etsy for an hour or two. After that, I'm supposed to be reading, but I procrastinate with Etsy and I have to make jewelry to get orders out on time. I'm also a teacher's assistant at school." Photo by Crista Hecht.

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