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Travel Diaries Profile: Meet Marissa

Marissa  Undergraduate School:  Howard University Pre-MBA: I worked in the nonprofit sector Interning:I’ll be interning at American Express in New York this summer MBA Studies: Marketing Future Plans:  A career in Marketing Strategy and Entrepreneurship Best Goizueta memory: I’ve had so many awesome memories from my experience at Goizueta so far, but the South...

Marissa – Experiencing South Africa Day 9

Nelson Mandela and hundreds of other political prisoners were held at Robben’s Island without due process and in worse conditions than murderers. Our tour guide was also a political prisoner, held at Robben’s Island for almost a decade from the age of 18 on. He shared his very personal story...

Like a Boss

Like a Boss

“Yes, that’s my classmate Shauna, guiding our boat out into the Atlantic! – Like a Boss!” – Marissa (Full-Time MBA)

Marissa – Experiencing South Africa Day 8

We start the day off at the beautiful vineyards of Boschendale, where we had our first tasting and wine lesson of the day. Its hot, but a hundred year old oak tree makes the weather in the shade, perfect! Driving through wine country after lunch in Franschoek, we passed the...

Marissa – Experiencing South Africa Day 7

A lot of people know that I love cars. I really enjoyed talking with the guys at Optimal Energy about their electric car, the Joule, and their marketing strategy. The lead consultant actually lived in my hometown of Detroit for some years! After the hottest day of the trip so...

Marissa – Experiencing South Africa Day 1

Starting off our first full day in Jozi in Soweto. Vilakazi Street was the hotbed of student anti-Apartheid activism in the 60’s, as well as home to heroes of the movement like Nelson Mandela.   We had a chance to visit a primary school that Goizueta has established a relationship...