User:Annalilly28/Emilia Mazzolenis

Early Life
Maria Emilia Mazzolenis was born on 15 June 1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She completed her education in Argentina, finishing high school as Valedictorian. She learned multiple languages throughout her life and remains multilingual in English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. She grew up in a close knit community in the capital of Argentina. She also played chess and won local tournaments as a child. In high school, Mazzolenis studied abroad in London, U.K. and discovered a love for traveling around the world and learning about new cultures.

She later found passions for psychology and economics. At the age of 17, she moved to the United States with her parents to live in North Carolina, attend college and establish her career for the future.

Education
Mazzolenis attended Instituto Summa High School in a class of less than 50 students. After graduating in 2016 as valedictorian and moving to the U.S., she attended Wake Technical Community College in North Carolina. After two years, she earned her associate's degree and transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mazzolenis was extensively involved on campus as she worked as a research consultant for two departments (department of economics and at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health), was a member of multiple clubs, and maintained a 4.0 grade point average. She earned her undergraduate degree in Economics and Psychology with a minor in Statistics and Analytics in the fall of 2022. She also was featured for a Student Spotlight of the department of Economics, as well as a Research Spotlight of the Psychology Department. Additionally, Mazzolenis was was featured on the University of North Carolina social media for academic performance and contribution to the Carolina community through research.

Through her undergraduate experience, she found a strong interest in data science and wanted to pursue it in a graduate program. After being accepted to numerous institutions, she chose to attend Harvard University as a graduate student of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to pursue a Master of Science degree program in Data Science. Mazzolenis started the fall semester of 2022 and plans to pursue a career in data science after graduation. She has also made a strong effort to make the engineering school a more inclusive environment by trying to increase funding opportunities for underrepresented students.

Professional Experience
Mazzolenis has excelled as an intern at multiple notable companies. She first interned as a teller for First Citizens Bank after her sophomore year of college. She then went on to intern at Lenovo as a Commercial Notebook Product Manager, LASR intern. Next she worked for Capital One as a Product Development Summiteer. Then Mazzolenis went on to intern at another technology based company as a Market Development & Insights Analyst at IBM. Lastly, after graduating from UNC, Mazzolenis completed a five month internship with General Electric Power as a Digital Technology Lean Technical Product Manager. By gaining a valuable amount of professional experience throughout her higher education journey, she has been able to master a wide skill set that has made her into an impressive young professional.