{"id":30216,"date":"2026-05-19T15:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=30216"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:52:58","slug":"welcome-to-mpa-ms-charlotte-hechtl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/welcome-to-mpa-ms-charlotte-hechtl\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome To MPA, Ms. Charlotte Hechtl!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Charley<\/em><\/strong>Welcome to MPA, Ms. Charlotte (Charley) Hecht! Charley will join the team as a communications intern while communications manager Mike Pappas takes paternity leave from June through September, and we are thrilled to introduce her to the community.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Tell us about your education and past experience.<\/strong>
\nI am a rising senior at Creighton University, studying journalism with a focus on advertising, public relations, and news, and a minor in business administration. Through coursework, I have worked on projects involving social media content, promotional writing, and campaigns, so I’m very excited about this opportunity!<\/p>\n

What did you find appealing about MPA?<\/strong>
\nWhat truly caught my eye was MPA’s “dreamers and doers” approach, and the sense of community it fosters, especially the opportunity to capture and communicate. I have always been drawn to media and storytelling, and believe that social media can sometimes show the best moments, such as students discovering their strengths or building friendships. It’s not always about content, but storytelling, which can help a family truly understand what makes MPA so special. Lastly, as a Twin Cities native, I am very excited to contribute to a community I care about!<\/p>\n

What lasting impact do you plan to have on MPA and its students?<\/strong>
\nThe lasting impact I hope to have is helping MPA’s story reach the people who need to hear it. I want to create content that not only promotes the school but also reflects the community, capturing the moments that portray MPA’s message and inspire families to want to become part of the MPA family.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your big dream?<\/strong>
\nMy big dream would be either helping behind the scenes on campaigns for big-name brands or being in front of the camera interviewing people in the entertainment or sports industry.<\/p>\n

What are you passionate about?<\/strong>
\nI’m very passionate about all forms of media and the experiences they create. Ever since I was young, I loved a great story. Whether it was curling up with my mom for bedtime readings of Roald Dahl or watching pre-recorded episodes of Saturday Night Live on Sunday mornings with my dad, I grew fascinated with entertainment and the way even the smallest stories can shape lives. That quickly grew into a deep love of books, music, and film, not simply enjoying them, but appreciating the craft and beauty behind them. I live by George R.R Martin’s words, “a reader lives a thousand lives,” and whether it’s a novel, soundtrack, or movie, I’m drawn to the way a well-told story can take me somewhere else entirely and leave me seeing the world a little differently each time.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a fun fact about you that our community would love to know?<\/strong>
\nIn 2025, I read over 130 books! That, or that I have two dogs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to MPA, Ms. Charlotte (Charley) Hecht! Charley will join the team as a communications intern while communications manager Mike Pappas takes paternity leave from June through September, and we are thrilled to introduce her to the community.\u00a0 Tell us about your education and past experience. I am a rising senior at Creighton University, studying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":30219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,10027,29,9,12,27,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-families","category-faculty-and-staff-experience","category-homepage","category-lower-school","category-middle-school","category-my-mpa-experience","category-upper-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30221,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30216\/revisions\/30221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}