Petek Kent - Portfolio

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Petek on the monkey bars in Central Park, when she was a child, wearing The Electric Company shirt.

Petek Kent has been a stay-at-home mother since her baby was born. She has researched and guided her daughter's intellectual, physical, emotional and social development. Mom and preschooler have read many books together, visited museums, attended classes (art, music, sports), live shows, play groups and other activities...exploring everything New York has to offer on a regular basis. She is proud to have raised such a happy, friendly, bright and healthy child. Petek has had the time of her life being a new mom and she is freelance writing and taking photographs for Mommy Poppins, reviewing the best activities for NYC families.

Petek has been working on writing, research and illustration projects, including a children's picture book and continues with her art photography. She is passionate about her avocations and received great support from her teachers. She earned an A recently for a Stanford Continuing Studies creative writing course for debut novels. She took a dozen art courses (photography and art history) a decade ago at the School of Visual Arts and earned a 3.8 GPA. She took design courses at Pratt and painting courses at Parsons. She is fascinated by visual communications, psychology and documentaries.

Petek Kent was a detail-oriented Director of Internet Development, Executive Web Producer and Senior Web Manager for academia and media companies. She was also a PMP certified Project Manager, motivated by the need for closure and driven to meet deadlines, while producing quality work within budget. She started her career as an Assistant VP of Operations at a training center, then worked as a Network Administrator for the Research and Investment Banking divisions of a Fortune 1000 company. Later, she gained experience working with creative and technical teams for web development. Petek was an employee of Smith Barney, VH1, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Hunton & Williams, Madison Performance Group, Huge and PageTalk.

Petek attended Edward R. Murrow High School, where she was accepted into the Biology Research Program and subsequently into the prestigious Murrow Med Program. She was a co-editor for the literary magazine. She took almost every college level course offered in her high school, in subjects ranging from science to literature to computers. Petek also played in the band, participated in dance showcases, decorated art cases and tried her hand at interior design. She graduated with honors.

Petek attended Baruch College on a full scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1992 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems. Half of the degree was liberal arts and her minor consisted of psychology courses. She wrote for the college newspaper. After graduation, She was accepted into first-tier law schools, but chose not to pursue that route, preferring to jump headfirst into the workforce. She later took many professional continuing education courses in project management (earning a certificate from New York University) and technology (she has advanced skills in digital photo editing, graphic design, multimedia and coding raw HTML and was a Novell Certified NetWare Engineer, a CNE).

Petek was born in Istanbul, Turkey (she is 3/4 Turkish and 1/4 Russian). The family relocated to New York City when Petek was four. While living in the building across from Carnegie Hall, the young Petek received a wonderful gift from an elderly couple who were concert pianists...they taught her how to play the piano.

Early on, Petek was drawn to all forms of visual expression. She created many collages, scissors always in hand - no book or magazine was safe. In elementary school, in Hell's Kitchen, Petek was one of a select group of children who were chosen to paint a mural for The Electric Company magazine, an offshoot of the well-known PBS show. Petek painted her hero, Wonder Woman. She later won photography and essay contests in school.

Athleticism is in Petek's blood (two of her relatives, one male and one female, were both professional soccer players in Turkey). Petek enjoys vigorous activities such as racquet sports; in high school she was one of the top paddleball players, often the only female playing with the guys in singles and doubles. She loves hiking and is adventurous and outdoorsy. Her musical taste tends toward 80's alternative, but she also enjoys some current rock and pop as well as classical works such as J.S. Bach's chamber music.

Petek's father was a working actor in Turkey. In America, he continued to indulge artistic pursuits (photography, painting, illustration) as well as technical interests (building computers, taking classes in physics and engineering). Petek's beautiful mother made her living as a theater actress in Turkey and was nearly finished with fashion design school when they decided to move the family to America...to provide the children with greater opportunities.

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