2021 Award: Excellence in Spanish Award
Major: Communication Studies and Spanish
Minor: Italian
Hometown: Excelsior, MN
Extracurricular activities: I spend a lot of my time reading, running, & rock climbing!
More about Maren
Future plans:
I want to work in a Spanish speaking country for about a year to improve my Spanish and then hopefully, go onto graduate school to maybe teach.
How has your major contributed to your professional or personal development?
Studying Spanish has drastically changed the trajectory of what I want to do. Prior to coming here, I wanted to study English and go onto be an editor of some sort, but now, I am hoping to study and teach Spanish :)
What has been your proudest or most significant accomplishment during your Gonzaga career?
I was in a pretty significant car accident in the fall of Junior year, and I'm now just proud of how much I have improved emotionally, physically, and maturity wise. I've been having a very hard time for the past year or so, and I'm really proud of myself for reaching out and getting help to continue on with school & basic life activities.