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ALUMNI

JOSEPH QUEZADA ’16

UHLC ALUMNUS QUEZADA PAIRS DIVERSE BACKGROUND

WITH J.D. TO LAND MAJOR LEAGUE ROLE

When applying for a dream job to work for the St. Louis “If you show up to an interview and tell somebody, I’m
Cardinals, Joseph Quezada knew he needed something that passionate about sports, I’ve always wanted to work in
would make him stand out from other candidates. For the sports, so that’s why you should give me the job,’ that’s not
2016 graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, a something they’ve never heard before. Finding a way to
legal education proved to be part of the winning formula. make yourself stand out and resonate with your audience is
“Having a J.D. and being an attorney with two years of critical. Everyone is marketable in a special way. No one is
experience was a huge plus,” Quezada said. “I was born in the same.”
the U.S., but I’m of Mexican and Panamanian descent and Quezada began working for the Cardinals as coordinator
can speak Spanish. I marketed myself as being passionate of International Operations in February 2018. He was
about the game, being bilingual and having a J.D.” promoted to manager of International Operations in

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