Perhaps it’s a bit much to say that being one of Variety ’s 10 Assistants to Watch can be a life-changing experience. But it has led at least one of those named to this year’s list – who were honored at a happy hour event on Thursday evening at One Universal on the Universal Studios Lot – to be recognized by strangers in public.

“I was at a happy hour at Lavo in Hollywood a few weeks ago with some friends, and I think it was other assistants who were nearby,” said Christine Murrain, who is the coordinator for the office of Pearlena Igbokwe , chairman, TV studios, for NBC Entertainment & Peacock scripted at NBCUniversal .

More important to Murrain is how it has impacted her family. “Both of my parents are in the Army, and they don’t always understand every aspect of what we do h

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