My name is Maya Middlebrook and I am a first year business major specializing in marketing however, I am also in the humanitarian engineering scholars program. I know it sounds a bit odd for me to be in an engineering program being that I am not a engineering major but I wanted to have a diverse resume as well as learn about different things I won’t get in my own classes. In high school I did a range of things from captain of my soccer team, to class president, to modeling and numerous other activities all to gain experience and give myself a holistic character. I intend on receiving my masters right after finishing undergrad and then retiring by the age of forty to pursue a career in the non profit world. My favorite thing to do is volunteer so that’s how I want to spend my life after I have become financially stable. I want to build multiple homeless shelters within my hometown that provide programs allowing those who stay there to get back on their feet and even teach them how to handle their finances while maintain healthy lives. I am still young and have not planned out all the minor details of my life yet but I’m a very hard working person and have never fell short of any expectation I hold for myself so I’m extremely excited for my next four years here at The Ohio State University and everything that follows.
Strengths;
Ideation- Growing up my friends always told me I am an “over-thinker” because I like to analyze things and try to find connections between things. My teachers always thought I was funny because I was always brainstorming and trying to list different possibilities and coming up with new takes on various things.
Futuristic- I have a serious bad habit of frequently zoning out and day dreaming about different scenarios that could happen in life because I’m very creative and I’m very fascinated by all the different possibilities that could potentially happen.
Developer- This is one of my strengths but it is also my weakness. I have a genuine passion for helping others and I find it very satisfying but often times I am so focused on helping others reach their full potential I forget to help myself.
Maximizer- Go big or go home is a motto of mine because I like taking one good thing and expanding on it to improve it. I have never been one to be content with just “good”.
Relator- I have been labeled as the mother of my group of friends because I am the most caring one and I am constantly checking on everyone and making sure I spend time with them as much as possible so to hear that I encourage a “deepening of the relationship” is no surprise to me.