Hello!

My name is Cassendra Doole and to get right down to it, I am currently handling all things PR for the National Development Bank PLC. However, before I got into PR, I dabbled in quite a lot of fields (currently freelancing in some of them as well). 

For instance, right after I sat for my Advanced Level examinations, I joined a Bridal Salon and collaborated with quite a few hotels for event management - mainly weddings. In the meantime, I also completed my Diploma in Multifaceted Journalism and subsequently joined the Ceylon Today newspaper as a Journalist. 

In less than a month after I joined the CT Team, I was given the chance to become the lead journalist to cover the Pope's visit to Sri Lanka in 2015, where I met with journalists and reporters from around the world. 

Thanks to my insane ability to multi-task I also freelanced as a writer for Roar Media. To completely round off my work experience, I also worked at MTV/MBC as a news reporter for Yes FM and Legends during my internship.

In 2016 I was the only English Journalist from print media to join then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on his trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum. 

I have over seven years of experience in industries varying from banking to publishing to management and advertising. I have strengthened and expanded my skills with the experience I have working in various fields including news journalism, content writing and PR writing. I also dabble in a bit of compering for various events.

Most recently, I collaborated with the Men in Whites Navy Veterans, CENORA and Oceanlink Sea Services to start an ocean-based e-magazine with the intention of spreading knowledge about the ocean as a whole from pollution to conservation of all marine life.

I'm not a complete workaholic though, because I do love to read (that's an understatement) in my spare time. I also love watching movies and TV series, with Supernatural, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Big Bang Theory being among some of my favourites. 

I believe that every experience you get is to be embraced and learnt from and friends are some of the most important individuals in a person's life. I also believe that happiness needs to be wholeheartedly experienced and sadness never remains for long.

That is me, in a nutshell.