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These students know what it's like to succeed at YSU. They will be there to help you along every step of the journey. You'll come to find that the relationship with your Peer Mentor is a valuable tool for academic success at YSU.

	Dan DeMaiolo Business Marketing & Management djdemaiolo@student.ysu.edu
Where are you from?	Austintown, Ohio
What word best describes you?	Imaginative
What are you involved in?	Alpha Delta Sigma Honor Society American Marketing Association CSP Peer Mentor Economics Club Emerging Leaders Program Penguin Productions Residence Hall Association Williamson Student Leadership Council YSU Scholars Program
Where's your favorite place to study?	My residence hall.
Where is your favorite place to eat on campus?	Kilcawley Food Court
What is your favorite quote?	"It's not over 'til it's over." - Yogi Berra

	Derek DeMaiolo Studio Art dademaiolo@student.ysu.edu
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	Justin Edwards Science Education jjedwards@student.ysu.edu
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	Matt Finamore Exercise Science mcfinamore@student.ysu.edu
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	Emily Frank Special Education eefrank@student.ysu.edu
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	Mike Frazzini Middle Childhood Education mjfrazzini01@student.ysu.edu
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	Lyndsie Hall Biology Pre-Med lahall@student.ysu.edu
Where are you from?	Youngstown, Ohio (Wilson)
What word best describes you?	Charismatic
What are you involved in?	Church Choir CSP Peer Mentor Summer Bridge Counselor
Where's your favorite place to study?	4th floor Maag Library
Where is your favorite place to eat on campus?	Marketplace
What is your favorite quote?	"Impossible is a big word thrown around by small people who find it easier to live in a world conformed than to find the strength to overcome." Unknown

	Donna Hardick Business Finance dlhardick@student.ysu.edu
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	Justin Haught Biology Pre-Med jjhaught@student.ysu.edu
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	Natalie Kiriazis Undecided nakiriazis@student.ysu.edu
Where are you from?	Austintown, Ohio
What word best describes you?	Interesting
What are you involved in?	CSP Peer Mentor
Where's your favorite place to study?	My bedroom at home.
Where is your favorite place to eat on campus?	Noodles
What is your favorite quote?	"The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm. On the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the tree of life and by living in the hear and now as fully and creatively as we can." Paul Kurtz

	Sarah Lewis Political Science sklewis@student.ysu.edu
Where are you from?	Girard, Ohio
What word best describes you?	Inquisitive
What are you involved in?	CSP Peer Mentor College Democrats Model UN Poland High School Debate Coach Sigma Alpha Iota University Scholars Program
Where's your favorite place to study?	The common room in my residence hall.
Where is your favorite place to eat on campus?	Pete's Place
What is your favorite quote?	"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss

	Stephanie Novak Business Management slnovak01@student.ysu.edu
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	Wilson Okello Social Studies Education wkokello@student.ysu.edu
Where are you from?	Youngstown, Ohio
What word best describes you?	Charismatic
What are you involved in?	Church Choir CSP Peer Mentor Summer Bridge Counselor
Where's your favorite place to study?	4th floor Maag Library
Where is your favorite place to eat on campus?	Marketplace
What is your favorite quote?	"Impossible is a big word thrown around by small people who find it easier to live in a world conformed than to find the strength to overcome." Unknown
	Diane Platton Journalism ddplatton@student.ysu.edu
Where are you from?	Canfield, Ohio
What word best describes you?	Enthusiastic
What are you involved in?	Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society CSP Peer Mentor Delta Zeta Sorority Emerging Leaders Program National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society
Where's your favorite place to study?	My house or a comfy couch on campus.
Where is your favorite place to eat on campus?	Peaberry's
What is your favorite quote?	"Never test the depth of the water with both feet." Unknown

	Domonique Price Criminal Justice dlprice@student.ysu.edu
Where are you from?	Youngstown, Ohio
What word best describes you?	Relaxed and open minded
What are you involved in?	CSP Peer Mentor
Where's your favorite place to study?	The green couches in Kilcawley Center
Where is your favorite place to eat on campus?	Inner Circle
What is your favorite quote?	"Our character is what we do what we do when no one is looking." H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

	Montaja Simmons Musical Theater mjsimmons01@student.ysu.edu
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	Kristen Sutton Engineering kesutton@student.ysu.edu
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	Ed Traficant Junior estraficant@student.ysu.edu
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