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Jessica Sanfilippo

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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.

Name: Jessica Sanfilippo

Year: 1st year
 
Hometown and What You Love Most About It: Pittsburgh. We all love art.

Major and How/Why You Chose It: Women’s Studies & Business: used to be Creative Writing major but decided that I want to help non-profits more than I want to be a starving artist
 
Relationship Status: Single
 
Favorite Book: currently, Just Kids by Patti Smith

Favorite Poet: Lucille Clifton

Favorite Movie: Titanic
 
Favorite TV Show: I hate TV but I was on a Teen Mom kick for awhile

Favorite Musician/Band: Bright Eyes
 
Favorite Food: spicy Mexican food
 
Favorite Things to Write About: the people in my life and what they do that I think is cool and I could never do
 
Favorite Genre to Work In: non-fiction
 
Maymester Class: Empowertainment with Britney Brinkman; it’s a class where we empower girls and have an activism project with the Ellis School
 
Ultimate Friday Night: eating Hot Cheetos under my covers and watching Netflix

Childhood Dream Job: ballerina and doctor
 
Current Dream Job: helping women across the world

Why You Chose Chatham: it’s an all girls school with a strong head on its shoulders
 
Favorite Thing About Being a Chatham Woman: we know how to win at everything we do.
 

 

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.