She credits discovering her interest in design through this role where she had to layout and design the paper, finding it to be 'truly remarkable, like magical.' Career 1983-1995: Early career, Hot 97Īfter school Millman has said that she started working as a designer because it was her only marketable skill, including old-school layout drafting skills. During her years there, she wrote for the student newspaper, eventually becoming the arts and features editor her senior year. She majored in English with a minor in Russian literature, graduating in 1983. Millman studied at the University at Albany, SUNY for her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree.