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Maya Landau ’17

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emily polner Student Contributor, University of Chicago
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marta bakula Student Contributor, University of Chicago
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at U Chicago chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Name: Maya Landau

Year: 2

House: Halperin

Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.

Major: History (Cultural and Material American History)

Minor: Cinema and Media Studies

Campus Activities: Student Visit Coordinator (Tour Guide), Doc Films, Art Should, Educational Programs Facilitator at the Oriental Institute.

Favorite place to eat on campus: Grounds of Being or CShop on Wednesdays

Favorite place to eat off campus: the Purple Pig

Dream job: Café/restaurant owner

When you were little, what did you want to be? A rapper

Favorite mythological creature: Dragons

Spirit animal: Mindy Kaling or a red panda

One wish: “To be happy with my life.”

Favorite color(s): Green.

Favorite word: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, obviously!”

Celebrity crush: George Ezra

Study song(s): Any and all Fleet Foxes, Of Monsters and Men, Magic Man, George Ezra

 

Emily is a second year at the University of Chicago majoring in Sociology and Russian. In addition to being a CC, she is a contributing writer for modachicago.com and runs her own blog, norepeatsorhesitations.com. Her dream job is to be the next Editor-In-Chief of Vogue, but she is currently looking into becoming a strategic marketing analyst. Her interests and hobbies include buying shiny things, comparing Chicago to New York (her hometown), eating ice cream, experimenting with makeup, and learning Disney songs in Russian.