Mara’s experience in customer service and management and her detail-oriented mindset aids her in providing excellent communication to our agency’s customers. She helps keep projects on track and coordinates research, media, and effective marketing strategies.
Originally from East River, SD, Mara’s family moved to Rapid City when she was still young, so she considers herself from West River. Mara attended and graduated from Black Hills State University with a BA in English and a minor in TESL. This allowed her to follow her dream of joining the JET Program USA, where she taught English in rural Japan for many years. Since then, she has lived in Colorado working for Amazon logistics and communications. She recently moved back to Rapid City because of her love for the Black Hills.
In her free time, she loves to collect new interests. A few that have stuck through the years are travel, the culinary arts, paper crafting, concerts, and playing indie dev games. Mara loves to relax after a long day with her two tabby cats Matisse and Rui.
If you could go back and give your high school self one piece of advice, what would it be?
“Don’t be afraid to look stupid and go out of your comfort zone.”
You’ve been banished to an island and can take a celebrity, a movie, and a toiletry with you. List your picks.
Carly Rae Jepsen, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, and Acqua di Parma Osmanthus parfum
Why would you get voted off Survivor?
Disqualified for hidden snack stash
The best part of waking up is?
Coffee!
Would you rather have every movie you watch be a musical or every apple you bite into have a worm in it?
I like musicals and hate bugs so this one is easy
Where is your favorite place to visit?
Japan!
If you had a superpower, but could only use it once a month, what would it be?
Teleportation–cheap international weekend retreats