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Hannaniah Grace Ortizluis

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Hobbies & Interests

  • Community Service And Volunteering
  • Business And Entrepreneurship
  • Marketing
  • Social Media
  • Graphic Design
  • Calligraphy
  • Art
  • Collaging
  • Collecting
  • Culinary Arts
  • Cooking
  • Baking
  • Dance
  • Singing
  • Piano
  • Music
  • Travel And Tourism
  • Fashion
  • Media Studies
  • Communications
  • Blogging
  • Poetry
  • Photography and Photo Editing
  • Ethnic Studies

Reading

  • Cultural
  • Academic
  • Contemporary
  • Short Stories
  • Young Adult
  • Humor
  • Cookbooks
  • Food and Drink
  • Poetry

I read books multiple times a week.

Bio

Hi, my name is Hannaniah! I'm a SoCal native but am currently a second-year intended business student at the University of California, Berkeley. My background as a first-generation Pilipinx student drives me to uplift the underrepresented yet diverse communities I'm a part of. One of my mottos is to "lift as I climb." I understand that I am a product of my community, and I owe my current and future successes to it. As a low-income, woman of color, older sister, and only daughter to a single mother, I strive to give back to not just my family, but also the next generation of higher-education-bound POC students in any way that I can. My professional interests include digital marketing, consulting, entrepreneurship, and DEI advocacy. As for my future, I hope to one day channel my passion for storytelling and demonstrated history of leadership into a career in marketing. Combining creativity with analytics is the perfect avenue for me to help others tell the stories behind their businesses. Eventually, I'd like to venture into entrepreneurship to create a story for my own brand. In my free time, you'll most likely find me experimenting in the kitchen. I find cooking both therapeutic and challenging: I always push myself to elevate the ingredients we have at home but always feel satisfied regardless of the result. Creatively expressing myself through food has also allowed me to connect with other cultures and my own. I've always found it essential to draw inspiration from many sources which also fuels my travel bug. Seeing new places is great but trying new food is better!

Education

University of California-Berkeley

Bachelor's degree program

2021 – 2025

Majors:
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations

Miscellaneous

Desired degree level:
Master's degree program
Majors of interest:
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Business/Managerial Economics
Medical school interest:
No

Career

  • Managing Editor & Writer

    Writing and Editing · Spoon University

    Jan 2021 – Present

  • Marketing Director

    Partnership for Pre-Professional Pilipinxs (P4)

    Jan 2022 – Present

  • Pro-Bono Project Consultant & Vice President of Marketing

    Management Consulting · Paragon Consulting

    Jan 2022 – Present

Miscellaneous

Dream career field:
Marketing and Advertising
Dream career goals:
Company Founder or Creative Director
Has nursing license:
No

Future Interests

  • Advocacy
  • Volunteering
  • Entrepreneurship
Share Your Poetry Scholarship
memory road: i have a bittersweet relationship with the long and winding trail i love it there, i hate it there, i love seeing you there, i hate meeting you there. i hate that i love retreating to you there. the moments around me slowly shift to black and white and blue. and while i try to stop it, there’s nothing i can do. memory road: each day as i trek back to rendezvous, it takes a step more than it did the day before. days and weeks and years slip into inches and yards and miles until i’m hiking through the wilderness, trudging along the path, crawling against the gravel to relive a second with you. but i’ve no more seconds with you. and there is no second of you. there’s nothing i can do but walk again down memory road until i run into you. and until we meet again someday, this road will have to do.
Bold Mentor Scholarship
As the oldest child of immigrants and a first-generation student, I was absolutely clueless when college applications rolled around. I sought guidance whenever possible, and I owe everything to those who offered theirs to me. My mentors helped me search for schools, gave me pointers on my essays, and fully encouraged me throughout the whole process. Instilling this positive legacy in me inspired me to pass it on. After finishing up my freshman year at university, I volunteered to mentor a high school senior through their own college application process. This full-circle moment was beyond fulfilling; better yet, it allowed me to pass on my mentors' advice as well as my own. My mentee spent three days with me on campus. During that time, I toured her around the school, offered suggestions for class enrollment, introduced her to the Filipino student community, and bonded with her as a friend. I suppose it's in my "oldest child" nature to look out for my younger peers. However, in teaching my mentee about college life, I reflected on how much I had learned. I grew as a person simply from knowing her, as well. In my opinion, this is how a mentorship—or any relationship—should be: a two-way street. Learning and growing don't occur in isolated directions, but rather are reciprocated and built up between people. As a mentor, I originally wanted to provide answers to questions I had no choice but to find on my own. However, I was fortunate enough to also gain a sense of camaraderie, community, and belongness with someone who reminded me of myself. I only hope I was able to inspire her to carry on the legacy of mentorship, and that I was able do it as much justice as it had done for me.
Bold Community Activist Scholarship
Looking back, I consider myself lucky. All my best friends were Filipino, Seafood City was just down the street, and the local Philippine Independence Day Festival was the highlight of every summer. Growing up in a predominantly Filipino neighborhood in Southern California meant I never felt out of place. I didn't realize this privilege until I left my small town to go to college. Upon arriving on campus, I felt lost in a sea of students, none of whom looked like me. That's when I found the Filipino community at Berkeley. There, I learned of our collective struggle as students of color in higher education. Since then, I've seen it as my responsibility to lift as I climb. I understand that I am a product of my community, and I owe my current and future successes to it. As a low-income, Filipina, oldest child, and only daughter to a single mother, I always strive to give back to the next generation of higher-education-bound POC students in any way that I can. So far, I've interned for Pilipinx Academic Student Services on campus to provide Pilipinx students with the resources they'll need to succeed in higher education. Whether through facilitating bilingual after-school enrichment lessons for Filipino elementary students, or volunteering to mentor Filipino high school seniors through their college applications, I've learned so much about how vital our work is in our community. I'm also the Marketing Director in a pre-professional Pilipinx club to help diversify the corporate sphere. I realize there's so much left to be done; however, I hope that these efforts to boost Filipino representation in higher education help at least one student feel like they belong on campus. Because a win for one of us is a win for all of us.
Filipino-American Scholarship
Looking back, I consider myself lucky. All my best friends were Filipino, Seafood City was just down the street, and the local Philippine Independence Day Festival was the highlight of every summer. Growing up in a predominantly Filipino neighborhood in Southern California meant I never felt out of place. I didn't realize this privilege until I left my small town to go to college. By then, I already thought I had done the impossible: graduated during a pandemic and gotten accepted to a prestigious university against all odds. But upon arriving to campus, I felt lost in a sea of students, none of whom looked like me. That's when I found the Filipino community at Berkeley. There, I learned of our collective struggle as students of color in higher education through the phrase "Isang Bagsak." Translated as "One Fall", these words correlate to: "When one of us falls, we all fall. But when one of us rises, we all rise." As part of the 3% of Filipino students at this institution, I see it as my responsibility to lift as I climb. I understand that I am a product of my community, and I owe my current and future successes to it. As a low-income, Filipina woman, oldest child, and only daughter to a single mother, I always strive to give back to the next generation of higher-education-bound POC students in any way that I can. So far, I've interned for the Pilipinx Academic Student Services organization on campus to provide Pilipinx students with the resources they'll need to navigate and succeed in higher education. Whether that was through facilitating bilingual after-school enrichment lessons for Filipino elementary students, or volunteering to mentor Filipino high school seniors through their college application processes, I've learned so much about how vital our work is in our community. I'm also the Marketing Director in a pre-professional Pilipinx club to help demystify the corporate sphere for my fellow law and business students. I realize there's so much left to be done; however, I hope that these efforts to boost Filipino representation in higher education help at least one student feel like they belong on campus. Because a win for one of us is a win for all of us.
Hannaniah Grace Ortizluis Student Profile | Bold.org