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Write two Professional Profiles, one longer version (200-300 words) and one shorter version (50-100 words). A Professional Profile or Professional Bio is a form of personal branding. It’s a persuasive way to market yourself in your career. Before starting, think about the overall impression you want to make on potential employers and on your network of colleagues both now and in the future. Do you want to be known for having certain passions, character traits, qualifications, abilities, talents, or career aspirations? Or, perhaps you want to be known for having all or some of the above. There are a number of ways to organize your profile depending on who you are. But consider following the organizational plan below: What specific qualifications, abilities, talents, and/or passions do you bring to your profession? What recent or soon-to-be completed education or training do you have? What special work, life, or volunteer experiences have helped you develop the skills, interests, abilities, aspirations, or passions you bring to your career? Describe important leadership or management skills you have learned and describe something about how and where you learned these. What achievements have you acquired, including honors, awards, certifications, etc? Describe any other special abilities you have not mentioned above: knowledge of other languages, artistic, musical, athletic talents, coaching, etc. Write both of your profiles in the 3rd person POV, using an appropriate style that is business formal but also engaging. Wherever possible, write your profile as an interesting narrative, or story about you.
Mary Tilden Olsen is a Junior at Arizona State University, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. She is an honors student at ASU’s Barrett, the Honors College, and is a Writing Colloquium Tutor for Barrett’s Human Event course. Mary has taken on leadership roles in both the Barrett Writing Colloquium and ASU’s ZERO Waste Green Devil Network, an organization challenging ASU students and faculty to make ASU’s campus 100% zero waste.
Mary was raised by a community of artists and developed an eye for design at a young age. She has been a freelance illustrator, designer, and artist since she was in middle school, even creating pieces for the United Nations. She has been awarded several art awards and has had her art featured in art shows. She is currently illustrating a sex education book for the LGBTQ community, working as a t-shirt designer, teaching herself photography and video editing, and developing a personal website that will serve as a portfolio for her work. Her love for art has encouraged her to put it at the center of her Barrett Thesis project, where she will be analyzing the relationship between memory, art, and death.
Aside from her passion for art and design, Mary is passionate about sustainability. Last year she worked closely with a Barrett faculty member on a project studying entomophagy (the consumption of insects), and its effects on culture, health, and the planet. This project has inspired Mary to utilize her writing and design skills to pursue a career in the marketing of insects for human consumption in America.
When Mary isn’t studying, writing, designing, or eating bugs, she is listening to podcasts, rock climbing, enjoying the outdoors, or all of the above!
Mary Tilden Olsen is a Junior at Arizona State University, where she studies Marketing. She is an honors student and writing tutor at Barrett, the Honors College. She cares about nature and sustainability and is a Green Devil for ASU’s Zero Waste club. Mary is a freelance artist and designer. She is currently illustrating a sex education book, working as a t-shirt designer, and developing a website for her portfolio. Mary hopes to merge her art and writing skills with her passion for sustainability, to take part in the entomophagy (consuming insects) movement in America as a professional marketer.
Carlos Maza is a sophomore honors student at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University, where he is majoring in Finance and pursuing an International Business Certificate.
Carlos has over two years of analytical and teambuilding experience through his involvement in student organizations and internships. This past summer, Carlos interned at Kaiser Permanente, a healthcare company with almost 12 million members, as a financial analyst intern. In the role, Cesar conducted comparative analyses of all KP regions using financial data from 2015 and 2016, then gave recommendations on how to increase revenues and cut costs while maintaining good relationships with Kaiser’s members and employees.
Carlos is also involved on campus through his business fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi, and El Concilio, a coalition dedicated to representing Hispanic views and culture on campus. He is a member of the community service committee within DSP, where he helped double attendance at their annual dodgeball tournament, Dodging Hunger. He also led an Adopt-a-Street campaign which promoted cleanliness and service to the Tempe area. Carlos was a finance intern at El Concilio, where he requested money from the University and ensured it was implemented effectively towards programming events. Because of his experience working with others and solving problems analytically, Carlos aspires to work as a management consultant upon graduation.
Carlos is an avid volleyball player and a committed philanthropist. He co-founded Volleying for a Healthy Life, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing scholarships and summer camps to kids from low- income areas. This past summer, Carlos helped raise over 3,000 dollars that went towards scholarships for children in Oakland, California.
Carlos is the oldest of three siblings and currently resides in San Francisco.
Carlos Maza is a sophomore at Arizona State University, where is he is pursuing a Finance degree and International Business Certificate.
Through his experience as a financial analyst intern at Kaiser Permanente and an executive board member at El Concilio, he has strengthened his analytical and teambuilding skills. Upon graduation, Carlos aspires to become a management consultant.
In his free time, Carlos actively manages his own nonprofit organization and plays recreational volleyball. In addition to English, Carlos is fluent in Spanish and is currently learning Italian.