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Claire Keller Busco is no stranger to success, both in the classroom and in the workforce. As a strategy student at the BYU Marriott School of Business—a place where she has found opportunities around every corner—Keller attributes it all to a habit she can’t seem to kick: saying yes.
After growing up all over the world and working in several different career fields, MBA student Ben Nzojibwami has found his place at the BYU Marriott School of Business as the MBA class president.
Love of learning has propelled Brenna Porter to transition from elementary education to the MBA program.
One of 15 children, Trixie Judd spent much of her childhood helping raise her younger siblings. Now at the BYU Marriott School of Business, Judd feels at home in the strategy program, where leadership, hard work, and close bonds are valued—just as they were growing up.
From active-duty commission to serving as a member of the Army Reserves, Jared Sturgell is earning his MBA at BYU Marriott while assisting BYU’s Army ROTC.
Mason Dahl, a seventh-generation cattleman and senior in the strategic management program, sees himself as the future cowboy strategist of the beef industry.
BYU Marriott student Danny Dudley studies strategy to bring his passion for environmental conservation issues to business.
Ashley Wallace's passion for service and learning has led her from the cliffs of Ireland to the people of Madagascar.
Aileen Hernandez has grown up navigating minority identities. "First-generation American" and "woman in business" are not just buzzwords; they describe her life.
As a child, Bethany Bahr loved riding on towering roller coasters, and her mom would joke that Bethany wasn't scared of anything.
Not everyone would take being called "funny guy"; as a compliment, but strategy senior Michael Gibbs isn't everyone.
As someone who has often felt like the odd woman out, Mikayla Cluxton recently created a startup, BeeFriend, to help alleviate loneliness in the geriatric population.
Shannon Peterson always wanted to attend BYU, but finances prevented her from pursuing that option as an undergrad. However, Peterson never gave up on her dream, which she is now fulfilling 25 years later as an EMBA student.
With no experience in assisted living, starting a company in a new field was a daunting task for BYU Marriott MBA student Candice Rail.
Growing up in Ajloun, Jordan, BYU Marriott MBA student Dunia Alrabadi had a goal at a young age to attend college in the United States.
Students in the MBA program at BYU Marriott fondly refer to fellow cohort member and 2022 class president Ethan Felix as their "MBA dad."
The potential to achieve lasting and meaningful success in life is within each of us—at least that's what strategy senior David Rawson says.
While a trolley bus system has not been used in Utah for 75 years, an antique bus will soon be gracing the streets of Provo thanks to BYU Marriott entrepreneurship senior Afton Ellis Long.
The more Breann Hunt learns about social impact causes, the more the strategic management senior envisions businesses changing the way they operate forever.
While entrepreneurship has been a lifelong goal for senior Nathan Miller, he did not fully commit to his dreams until listening to a guest speaker in one of his BYU Marriott classes.
Blake Barkdull, an entrepreneurship junior at BYU Marriott, has paired his entrepreneurship lessons with real-life experience to create a business of tasty concoctions.

At home in Australia, strategy senior Jaysen Valdes felt that his goals were out of reach. However, he now uses his skills to reach all of his aspirations.

With a little help from the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, Bryan Stringham is now living out his childhood dream of becoming an inventor.

If you know Austin Henline, a senior in the strategy program at the BYU Marriott School of Business, then you know you can think about him without having the word connection come to mind.