Look Out World 'Cause Here She Comes
By Farah Kashwa
Her art work catches our eyes and makes us stop what we are doing, her unique and loud laugh fills our hearts with warmth, and her hugs make us forgot our worst troubles. Marina Guirguis has been a part of the Schutz family for almost four years now. Before moving to Egypt, Marina lived in Ohio and for a brief period of time attended Wayne High School.
A lot of people would agree with Marina when she says that her first impression of Schutz was that it was really small. Her previous graduating class had 740 students alone so entering a class of only 23 students was a big change. With 740 students in one graduating class you couldn’t get to know every class member well, but with only 20 students in the senior class of 2010, Marina says that saying goodbye will be hard.
Friends describe Marina as very creative and laid back. Creativity, of course, comes with the territory when you are a talented artist. When I asked Marina where she gets her inspiration from she said, “My inspiration comes from whatever mood I’m in. While I’m painting, my mood can totally alter my piece.” Marina’s artwork has always been personal to her or symbolic of something in her life.
Marina does not have a role model; she is her own role model. One might wonder why Marina does not have another role model and it is because she believes that people are a disappointment. The only people who have stayed constant in her life are her dad, Amir Guirguis and her best friend Ahmed Elbana. “My dad is my biggest hero,” Marina says, “and I’m his biggest fan. He has accomplished so much in his life time. I don’t think anyone on this earth compares to him.” As for her best friend, Ahmed, she owes him a lot for making her the person she is today. Family is very important to Marina. In Marina’s book, God comes first, then family, then friends.
As for Marina’s future, she has recently decided to major in architectural engineering. Marina loves art and physics so she has decided to combine both these things into one and picked her major. Marina plans to start her college career by spending a year in the American University in Cairo (AUC), then she hopes to transfer to MIT or another Ivy League university to continue her studies.
Marina’s dream as a little girl was to become a mermaid or a country singer but neither worked out to her advantage. But Marina, never stop dreaming because reality can only get you to certain places in life.
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