SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES–CUNY SPS student Ben Sperling initially found success in the entertainment industry, more specifically in voiceover acting. In a recent interview over Zoom, Sperling said that while he was proud of not having a college degree, something influenced him to want to earn a Bachelor’s in Communication and Media.
“I was doing [voiceover work] on my own and finding some success in that,” Sperling said. “Then something recently just flipped to me where I was like: ‘I wanna come back and finish my degree to just have that credential.’”
He attended CUNY Hunter College in 2008, then switched to Ramapo College in New Jersey, before leaving school when he was 21 because his voiceover career had started working out. He began in improv comedy theater when he was a kid at summer camp, and continued his interest in performing outside of camp. Around the age of 11 or 12, his voice had changed to a noticeable deepness, he said, and soon these two things collided together.
