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I’m a pink-loving, volleyball-playing, startup-making kind of girl. In other words, I’m Megan! Some other words that represent me 100% are organizer, planner, doer, leader, creative, determined, focused and happy! I also value my personal attributes of being a very kind and caring person. I love meeting new people, making new friends and family is most important to me. Aside from these personal characteristics, I’m a goal-driven person and I always strive to do my best. One of my major goals is to one day be the CEO of my company. I want my company to make a difference in the community I live in by improving work-life balance for others. This may seem like a big goal, but being an entrepreneur runs in my blood. I have a strong business and math background, but while at University I hope to improve my artistic abilities. Whenever I have time off from work or school, you can find me outdoors exploring nature and probably taking a million pictures of flowers. One of my dream projects is to travel around the world to take pictures of the different architecture and foliage there. Some of the places I would like to visit are Barcelona, Paris, Italy and London. When I buy my first house, I would like to stay in Ontario and live in the countryside to have lots of backyard space and be close to nature. Now for some quick favourites: shopping, my puppy, anything that involves glitter, Disney movies, interior decorating and finally, all types of music! So whenever you come across my name, you will now know what I’m all about!

My own personal aesthetic leans towards a more minimalist, abstract, and comedic point of view – inspired by artists such as Wolfgang Weingart, Maurizio Cattelan, and Yayoi Kusama. I like to have an optimistic outlook on life, while still holding a bit of realism in mind. The saying "Whatever happens, happens for a reason" influences a lot of my life, as I am a person who likes to go with the flow and takes whatever comes my way with an open mind.I am also a big traditional art fan, going to places such as the MOMA and Guggenheim in New York, the Uffizi and Galleria dell'Accademia in Italy, the AGO and ROM in Toronto. In conclusion, I like to think of myself as someone with a passion for many different arts, and is adaptable to any change that comes my way.

In the process of writing this I had found my greatest impasse to be just thinking about myself. For full disclosure, I know that this will be a running theme in this statement. What crystallizes fully from much forethought is an arbitrary sort of persistence. A persistence to work, earn and be truthfully. My attitudes consist of the aforementioned themes. I believe in good work which comes of effort, and I believe in earning what is yearned for. From this I have found my core strength to be working, not so much thinking of the end goal rather the process. I lose myself in my work, in fact I’m sure I’ll have written past my limit absentmindedly. Aside from that, I value truth among other things like family, friends and independence. Those for me stem from something genuine, hence their appeal to me. My interests include music and writing. The reason I chose this program to begin with was the chance to create. The inception of anything crafted seems to make me giddy, having it be mine is something beyond that. In sum I’ve described a brand reluctant to call itself such, but a brand nonetheless that stands on something real, me.

I’d say my biggest talent is that I’m very good at picking up new skills to add to my repertoire. I’m a jack of many trades and I hope I can crack down, focus, and master a few.

I started a side project using Twitter to see the amount of influence and profitability I could gain by creating product reviews for 100 days. During 100 days, my contents reached over 25M views. I approached several companies for sponsorships and sold personalized stationery products to more than 25,000 direct customers. Also, through working in retail, I enhanced my ability to communicate persuasively and to prioritize ruthlessly. My compelling and actionable market-driven ideas contributed to my success in managing sponsorships, budgets, and data. I’m confident with my great social engagement and differentiating myself from other competitors.  

Step 2 // Mind Map