Guinfluencers: A Social Media Ambassador Program
The Guinfluencers, formerly known as Social Media Ambassadors, is a group of students who work with our social media team to show what life is like as a YSU student across social media. Between their own Instagram accounts and creating content for all of our social media channels, our students are focused both inside and outside of the classroom. They represent several areas on campus, bringing fresh perspectives to the Youngstown State community. Check out more about them in their bios below!
AJ Crow »@ysugram_aj
CCP Student, Sociology
Hometown: Poland, Ohio
Best piece of advice you've ever been given? "Someone needs to see you suffer well."
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? Olivia Benson (lots of Law & Order)
What's your dream job? NYPD Chief
Fun Fact? I have a birthmark in the shape of a heart
Alyssa Osman » @ysugram_alyssa
Junior, Communication Studies
Hometown: Lowellville, OH
Best piece of advice you've ever been given? Your attitude will determine your experience, so always make the most of every situation!
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? My dog, Ezzy!
What's your dream job? Something that makes me happy :)
Fun Fact? My family owns a restaurant 10 minutes away from campus!
Austin Angus »@ysugram_austin
Junior, Music Education
Hometown: Niles, Ohio
What's the best advice you've ever been given?
What's one thing that got you through quarantine?
What's your dream job?
Fun Fact? I'm an RA in Lyden
Faith Marscio »@ysugram_faith
Junior, Communication Media and Journalism
Hometown: Austintown, Ohio
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? Don't sweat the small stuff. It won't matter in 5 minutes, 5 days or 5 years, it shouldn't matter now.
What's the one thing that got you through quarantine? The Taylor Swift album Folklore, and working almost everyday!
What's your dream job? Lifestyle YouTuber!
Fun Fact? I have had 18 teeth pulled (not all at once, lol!)
Galena Lopuchovsky » @Ysugram_galena
Sophomore, Industrial and systems engineering
Hometown: Poland, Ohio
What's the best advice you've ever been given? If you could always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? Tweeting once a day on Twitter
What's your dream job? Yoga instructor on a cruise ship (free vacations!)
Fun Fact? I had five wisdom teeth
Hailey Zelinsky » @ysugram_hailey
Sophomore, Communication and Political Science
Hometown: Niles, Ohio
What's the best advice you've ever been given? Always make sure you focus on yourself.
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? My Nintendo Switch
What's your dream job? Anything in government!
Fun Fact? I love to travel and have been to 7 countries
Ian Ward » @ysugram_ian
Junior, Biology
Hometown: Canfield, OH
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? "If it makes you nervous, you're doing it right."
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? My amazing friends and family who were there every day.
What's your dream job? I want to be an adolescent psychiatrist
Fun Fact? I just got a baby kitten two months ago! His name is Q!
Mario Campalong » @ysugram_mario
Junior, Criminal Justice
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? No one can change them, but only you can change you!
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? iPad drawings and my job
What's your dream job? Working for the government
Fun Fact? I binge-watched FRIENDS 15 times in a row!
Morgan Farley » @ysugram_morgan
Freshman, Early Childhood Education
Hometown: New Castle, Pennsylvania
Best piece of advice you've ever been given? "Choose your hard" in life. By this I mean, nothing is ever easy in life. No matter what it is, there will be difficulties you have to go through. Because of this, choose what you really want and push yourself to work through this. There is no such thing as an easy out.
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? My puppy and friends
What's your dream job? To be an elementary teacher!
Fun Fact? I have two different colored eyes
Rachael Thomas » @ysugram_rachael
Junior, Integrated Math Education
Hometown: Vienna, Ohio
Best piece of advice you've ever been given? Don't trade your authenticity for approval.
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? I started going for walks/working out a lot!
What's your dream job? A high school math teacher! I'd love to teach CCP Math courses!
Fun Fact? I've donated my hair twice (and plan to do it again)!
Sela Jones » @ysugram_sela
Sophomore, Civil Engineering
Hometown: McDonald, Ohio
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? The 5 P's: Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? Facetiming with my family
What's your dream job? Transportation Engineer
Fun Fact? I love going on picnics in Mill Creek Park
Serene Koirala » @ysugram_serene
Junior, Marketing (Entrepreneurship minor)
Hometown: Canfield, Ohio
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? Don't overthink things that you have no control over.
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? Reading books and catching up on tv shows that I have missed throughout the years.
What's your dream job? To have my own successful business that creates opportunities for people who are less fortunate.
Fun Fact? I absolutely love music. I always am humming or singing a tune to myself even if I don't realize it. And I always have a song stuck in my head.
Shreeya Manandhar » @ysugram_shreeya
Junior, Pre-dental
Hometown: Canfield, Ohio
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? Don't let the fear of losing keep you away from learning and winning in life.
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? The second scariest moment of my life was COVID- 19. The first one was magnitude 7.8 earthquake on April 25, 2015 in Nepal. On my own, I have higher aspirations. I over-book myself for my job and college. Quarantine helped me take a break from rigorous schedule and focus on my family. However, my family, job and friends kept me sane.
What's your dream job? My dream career is not a particular position, but a mission to inspire people, to make people happy with my work and to make my family proud.
Fun Fact? In 2019, I went to LA for acting and modeling competition in IMTA (International Model And Talent Association) and was awarded scholarship of $10,000 for acting school in NY. However, I gave it up to study pre-dental in YSU.
Sydney Lewis » @ysugram_sydney
Junior, Biology
Hometown: Canfield, Ohio
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? From Deshauna Barber (former Miss USA), "So today I challenge you to fight, to work harder, to believe so heavily in your aspirations that you too will not fear the word no, but instead choose to welcome it."
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? My ZTA sorority sisters — they are always tehre to chat, rant, or send me a funny TikTok to brighten my day!
What's your dream job? Become a physician!
Fun Fact? I met Pentatonix once!
Trenton Peluso » @ysugram_trenton
Sophomore, Marketing Sales
Hometown: Swanton, Ohio
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? Go out of your comfort zone. If you never push your boundaries, who will?
What's one thing that got you through quarantine? Learning new recipes and making them for my family
What's your dream job? To be a soical media director for a Fortune 500 company
Fun Fact? I have my amateur radio license!