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Portrait of Emma Martin

Honor Society® member

Emma Martin

assistant parts manager at O'Reilly Auto Parts

  • University of Central Missouri
  • Accounting and Economics
  • Class of 2022
  • Lexington, Missouri

Member since December 2022

About

My name is Emma Martin. I'm from Lexington, Missouri where I have lived my whole life with my parents and 5 siblings. I have 4 older siblings as well as one younger sibling. I grew up on a beef cattle and row crop farm. During school I always did well academically and was involved in sports including volleyball, powerlifting and track. I was also heavily involved in the FFA where I received 3 degrees, held 3 chapter offices including Treasurer, Vice President and President. I also served as an are officer during my senior year.

Education

  • university of central Missouri

    accounting/Economics

    2022 – 2026

Honors and awards

  • ffa greenhand degree

    This degree is awarded to first year FFA members that have a satisfactory supervised agricultural experience plan, have completed 50 hours of in class learning as well as 50 hours of learning outside of the classroom.

  • ffa chapter degree

    This degree is awarded to second year FFA members that have received their Greenhand Degree, earned or invested $150 with their SAE have completed 180 of in class learning, lead a class discussion for 15 minutes and completed 10 hours of community service

  • ffa state degree

    have received their Greenhand and Chapter Degree, earned or invested $1000 with their SAE, have completed 360 hours of in class learning, given a 6 minute speech and completed 25 hours of community service

  • deans list

    Achieved a GPA of 3.66 or higher

Goals and interests

Career goal

I plan to double major in Accounting as well as Economics. I intend to intern with a bookkeeper or a financial analyst. This will give me the experience I need to acquire a job as a financial analyst or a job at the Federal Reserve.

Outside the classroom

I enjoy many indoor and outdoor activities. These include reading novels, some of my favorite being the Harry Potter and Divergent Series. I enjoy cooking as well as baking. Some of my outdoor hobbies include deer and squirrel hunting, limb line fishing, snagging and working cattle. I also enjoy going to the gym and visiting my neices.

Experience

  • assistant parts manager

    O'Reilly Auto Parts

    Jun 2021 – Jul 2022

  • sales associate

    Nerd's Hardware

    Mar 2020 – Jan 2023

Volunteering

  • Cooked and served in a community appreciation breakfast Packed and distributed care packages to the less fortunate with HCC in Lexington Cleaned the Anderson House, a State Historic Site in Lexington Led an interactive, ag based booth at the Missouri State Fair

    National FFA Organization

    Aug 2018 – May 2022

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