Maria Zaynor

First things first, I am currently living my childhood dream right now. I have been studying abroad in Florence, Italy for two and a half months and ten year old me is angry with jealousy. Not only do I get to walk the streets of the most gorgeous city in the world, I also get to use it as my classroom. I am currently studying managerial marketing at Kent State University, and in between my classes on international business, marketing, and entrepreneurship, I’m able to travel the world with my best friends. I also have a minor in sports administration and a dream to own and manage a professional football team one day. Along with exploring and traveling, sports are another one of my passions. I play lacrosse and I am an equipment manager for my university’s football team. I help with practice, clean uniforms, decorate helmets, give the players new gloves when they lose them, and also travel the country for away games. Even though I am usually one of four girls on a field of 150 men and I can only throw a football 15 yards, I absolutely love my job and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.