Around this time last year, I lucked into a coveted internship at a top advertising firm in the city. Sure, I had the grades and the resume. But in posh firms like that, it’s all about connections, so it definitely helped that my former sorority sister Jenna had a new stepmom, Gina, who was in charge of the marketing department. Jenna and I weren’t super close as friends; she graduated the year I pledged. But what can I say? The socializing and craziness of Greek life does have a way of translating to professional networking, too. And little did I know, by the conclusion of my internship, I would end up with almost more luck than I could handle — thanks to Gina, or Ms. G as we called her around the office.

Gina was a dark-haired, brown-eyed goddess in her late 40s with the face and body of a woman in her... Leer Más