==== <span p style="fonttext-familyalign: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: largerjustify;">"Success is getting what you want</p>[[File:NickBlaneyProfileNew1. Happiness is wanting what you getjpg|border|center|NickBlaneyProfileNew1." - Dale Carnegiejpg]]</spanp> ====<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:largercenter;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I am a </span>'''<span style="font-familysize: arial, helvetica, sans-serif14.04px;">senior in the School of Business Administration at the University of California, Riverside"Success is getting what you want. Growing up in Vancouver, Canada, my mother brought me into the kitchen when I was seven years oldHappiness is wanting what you get. Early in life, I learned the limitless creativity one can achieve when cooking. I started working in a restaurant when I was 14 years old. Overall, I have spent 13 years in the hospitality industry, seven of which are full time. During that time, I have worked in every single position albeit manager, in both the front and back of"</span>'''</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:larger14.04px;">house- Dale Carnegie</span>'''</span><span style/p>="font-size:larger;"><span styleRelated Links="font-family [http: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">//universityinnovation. As a teenagerorg/wiki/University_of_California_Riverside University of California, I watched my father create and successfully operate his own businessRiverside] [http://universityinnovation. My grandfather, uncle, and dad are, or were, self-employed. In a sense, entrepreneurship runs in my blood. As I grew older, this calling became stronger and stronger. In 2013, I decided to return to school to obtain my education so that I may pursue career aspirations org/wiki/University_of_California_Riverside_Student_Priorities University of creating my own enterprise or working with a group of people in a startup. One principle my mother and father both taught me was the importance of civic engagement. Growing upCalifornia, I volunteered for the Harvest Project with my mother, where we assisted disenfranchised families and individuals by delivering goods around the holiday seasonRiverside Student Priorities] ===Campus Innovation Fellows=== '''Fall 2016''' [http://universityinnovation. In addition, I helped organize fundraising events and volunteered for Housing for Young Adults with Disabilities, along with my dadorg/wiki/Nick_Blaney Nick Blaney] [http://universityinnovation. Over the years, I have learned that civic engagement is the foundation of being a contributing member of societyorg/wiki/Brian_Crites Brian Crites] [http://universityinnovation. In the future, I hope to combine my love for cooking, inherent entrepreneurial spirit, and belief that it is a person's responsibility to consciously create a positive impact on his or her communityorg/wiki/Jeffrey_McDaniel Jeffrey McDaniel] [http://universityinnovation.<org/span><wiki/span>John_Pham John Pham] <br /p>
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