A double major in communications and psychology, Quinn Collins ¡®04 started her public relations and marketing business as a freelancer in 2010.

Her profile was recently featured in the Baltimore-area Daily Record.

The profile notes:

Quinn Collins started her public relations and marketing business as a freelancer in 2010, when she was pregnant with her oldest daughter, and it has grown into a well-respected agency with five employees and local, regional and national clients.

¡°When designing C + W Communications, I wanted to provide a service for smaller to mid-sized businesses that needed the support of an agency but may have thought it was out of reach,¡± Collins said. ¡°I created a work environment where our team works entirely remote. In turn, we get to know more of our community ¨C supporting local coffee shops, restaurants and public spaces ¡ª and have become a true extension of our clients¡¯ brands.¡±

Collins is on the board of directors for Reading Partners, where she has been a tutor for the past five years.

¡°Literacy is a game changer and fostering educational equity in Baltimore is something I am passionate about,¡± she said.

She is a former member of the Junior League of Washington and Junior League of Baltimore. Next, she will volunteer with her oldest daughter¡¯s Girl Scout troop. ¡°I hope to foster the confidence and entrepreneurial spirit the organization afforded me 30 years ago,¡± she said.

For Collins, who has a bachelor¡¯s degree in communications and psychology from ±Ø²©ÓéÀÖ,±È²©ÓéÀÖÍøÖ· ######### University, the key to her success has been her willingness to listen to others. ¡°I have learned so much more about others by listening to what clients want and understanding who they are and what drives them,¡± she said. ¡°It seems like an obvious trait, but it is a very rare quality.¡±