Tiana Balzarini

My passion is hard to describe in one word, or even one sentence. I love to travel. I love to meet new people when I go new places, people that have stories about lives that I could never even imagine living myself. I can go from ocean to ocean, across the country and never see the same person twice; or, I could see the same person everywhere I go. I am fascinated by the amazing amount of opportunity there is to seize in the world we live in, and my passion is to do as much and see as much of it as I can.

This picture is taken in Santa Barbara, where I spent a long weekend of my summer learning more than most people would on vacation. This picture was also taken while shopping, which is basically what I want to do to make a living: I want to be a retail buyer. This lifestyle, while seeming glamorous, will combine all my passions (fashion, traveling, business, etc.) into one job that I can really see myself enjoying.

I plan to have a family when I grow up, that I can incorporate into my existing one that has given me so much support up to where I am now. I want to be able to show them all the things I experienced in my childhood, and (hopefully) equally exiting adulthood. For now, I am trying to ensure I am on the right path for my career, while maintaining a healthy lifestyle in a setting where all-nighters and frat parties tend to dominate.