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Erin Smith

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Mara Flanagan Student Contributor, Chatham University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Chatham chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Erin Nicole Smith

Year: 2015

Relationship Status: single

Hometown and Your Favorite Thing About It: Allison Park, PA. My favorite thing about my hometown is the amazing teachers who work in the district!

Area of Study and Why You Chose It: Secondary English Education. I love to read and write, and I love school! I’ve always wanted to work in the education field.

Favorite Book: The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Favorite Movie: A Very Potter Musical

Favorite TV Show: Avatar: the Last Airbender

Favorite Band: Coldplay

Extracurriculars: volleyball, track & field, skiing

Dream Summer Vacation Destination: New Zealand. The environment is beautiful and exotic and it seems like the ultimate adventure land!

Ultimate Friday night: Hanging out with lots of friends–preferably at a sporting event with lots of food!

The best part of being a Cougar athlete: amazing teammates

Current Maymester Classes and Your Favorite Things About Them:
Environmental Literature and Film–We read a lot of my childhood favorites, and we take trips to Eden Hall and the zoo!

Gym Ball and Total Body Fitness–A lot of my friends take the class with me, and it’s a fun workout.

Dream Chatham class: Oriental sword

What are you most looking forward to this summer? Working as a camp counselor at Chatham’s Music and Arts Day Camp

Childhood Dream Job: An Egyptologist. I wanted to discover ancient Egyptian ruins and artifacts and find mummies! Seriously. 

Current Dream Job: Something in education. I’m currently exploring different careers within the field. I’m flexible and figuring it out.

Why You Chose Chatham: This beautiful campus has amazing academics and even better faculty and friends.

Your Favorite Thing About Being a Chatham Woman: I’m free to explore all kinds of possibilities without any judgment from peers or professors.

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Mara Flanagan

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Mara Flanagan is entering her seventh semester as a Chapter Advisor. After founding the Chatham University Her Campus chapter in November 2011, she served as Campus Correspondent until graduation in 2015. Mara works as a freelance social media consultant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She interned in incident command software publicity at ADASHI Systems, gamification at Evive Station, iQ Kids Radio in WQED’s Education Department, PR at Markowitz Communications, writing at WQED-FM, and marketing and product development at Bossa Nova Robotics. She loves jazz, filmmaking and circus arts.