My name is Mariah Reyes and my major is Liberal Arts & Science. I honestly came into this major because when I first started college I didn’t know what direction I wanted to go in. My second year of college I decided I wanted to get into Nursing, but I heard how challenging it was to get into that program. Especially with me doing terribly my first semester that deterred me from even trying submitting an application so I stuck with Liberal Arts. I remember growing up I used to tell my family I wanted to be a maid for a hotel because I had a passion for cleaning but again I never took that seriously as I grew up. I decided to take an Intro to Hospitality Management class to get a better understanding and knowledge of these courses. From the first class, it grasped my attention so maybe this will be my time to pursue my housekeeping dreams at a hotel. 

My career experiences started with Summer Youth. I worked at an elementary school as an after school teacher. I’m currently an Usher for Madison Square Garden. One of my major career goals is to gain a good reputation. With networking there’s always opportunity to move up in position especially when people have nothing but good things to say about you. I aspire to be an executive of a company. 

A personal strength I have is that I’m people oriented. I never used to be like this but with the current job I have now I deal with patrons from all over so that made me break out of my shell. I will be able to maintain focus and remain content with this attribute.