hopeszyent
hopeszyent
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Bio
Hello!
I am a 2017 home school high school graduate, and I've done PSEO at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul for two years. I also took a summer class at Dakota County Technical College, so as a result of these experiences, I have 36 college credits.
I grew up in a very entrepreneurial home. My parents are both members of Life Company and have owned their own business since before I was born. I started my own business when I was nine years old - a muffin delivery service in my neighborhood. The service I provided consisted of retrieving orders door to door on foot, buying ingredients at the store, creating a schedule for baking the muffins fresh on Saturday morning, and waking up to make and delivery them. I successfully ran this business for several years, until I started my second business - a coupon distributing business. At the age of eleven, I pitched my sale to various business owners around my city, promising them that if they put a coupon for their place of business in my booklet, I would print one hundred copies and personally distribute at least 80% of them by hand. I did this for about six months and made very good money while doing so.
When I was thirteen, I was introduced to fastpitch softball, and played for seven years. I became a pitcher two years into my softball career mainly because there were no pitchers on my team. Pitching has been such a fun thing to learn, as it has taught me a lot about mental toughness and leadership.
During high school, I got into acting and singing through AMTC, and theater through CB Productions, where I participated in two main stage productions. Theater taught me a lot about the way people think, and how to work as a team to create a piece of art (a show). Not to mention it was a lot of fun!!!
So now my high school season of life is over, and everybody I knew was asking me, "What do you want to do with your life?" I was enrolled to go to school on a partial softball scholarship with DCTC while pursuing my business marketing degree, but I decided that wasn't the path I wanted to take yet. So, I started down the path of a self-directed education: reading books written by successful entrepreneurs and leaders, listening to life-changing, attending live events that teach success principles, and taking a few classes online. In addition, I have been running a campaign to benefit Operation Underground Railroad, an organization dedicated to destroying child sex trafficking. Basically, I've been working on getting hands-on world experience, and am currently looking for an internship to further my understanding of marketing, sales, and event planning.
Some random facts about me: I love to cook and bake, I have two siblings, I have a cat that I got with the money from my businesses, I like rollerblading, I love cats, I like playing softball, and hosting things is a passion of mine.
Hope Szymanski
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