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Janine Raquel Mullins (born 1984) is an early career public relations professional, originally from St. Paul, Minn. Mullins completed her primary through post-secondary education in Indianapolis, Ind.

Life and Career
Mullins graduated from Indiana University in 2009, with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. During her undergraduate career, Mullins worked with the Marion County Commission on Youth, an intermediary nonprofit that allowed her to use communications for social change and activism. In addition, Mullins worked for the IU School of Liberal Arts News Bureau as a staff writer during her undergraduate studies. Her work with the News Bureau ranged from alumni profiles to campus news coverage.

After college, Mullins was offered two jobs. The first offer that came along was a Capstone Program Coordinator position at Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest, a nonprofit organization in Maplewood, Minn. Mullins' subsequent offer was at a small public relations firm in Stillwater, Minn. Rather than choose between her desire to grown in public relations and nonprofit work, Mullins balanced the two positions from September 2009 to May 2010, when she was then accepted into a Master's program at Syracuse University.

Currently a graduate student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, Mullins will earn her Master of Science degree in PR, summer 2011.