{"id":12806,"date":"2018-11-29T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=12806"},"modified":"2018-11-29T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T17:28:00","slug":"perfect-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/perfect-timing\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Written by Stuart Hall<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jasmine Flood is a firm believer in the ways that timing can alter a life\u2019s trajectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If, for instance, Flood had not been a sophomore sitting in her Greenville high school chemistry class when a representative from NC State\u2019s Wilson College of Textiles<\/a> spoke about the Summer Textile Exploration Program<\/a> (STEP) that she later attended, she might not have been so positively influenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI went into STEP, and I fell in love [with NC State],\u201d she said. \u201cLiterally, that was it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A few years later, if the company that created a position for Flood, who graduated with a degree in Textile Technology<\/a> from NC State<\/a> in 2012, had offered her the job a week or so sooner, she might not have decided to start her own company, Riada Adair<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or if Flood, some 18 months after starting her own venture, had not received a fortuitous phone call that kept her from shuttering her start-up, she might be part of the corporate workforce today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the dominoes dropped in just the right way for Flood, 28, of Raleigh. Today, she is a successful entrepreneur, owner of a multi-faceted company that designs and creates stationery, lettering, men\u2019s and women\u2019s accessories, and public art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cQuite honestly, it felt like a now or never moment,\u201d said Flood of her career choice. \u201cSometimes you feel so strongly called to do something that you can\u2019t say no, and that was one of those moments. There was a lot I was giving up. They were all top-name companies that [offered jobs and] if I had gone that route, I don\u2019t doubt I would have been successful, but I don\u2019t think I would be as fulfilled as I am now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n