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Joe Appah, ’12

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SAU chapter.


Full name:
Joe Appah

Relationship status: Single

Age: 22

Year in school: 4th Year

Hometown: Accra, Ghana

Job: Resident Advisor for Tiedemann Hall

Major and Career Goals: Psychology/ Pre- Occupational therapy.  He wants to become a traveling OT and eventually work for a non-profit organization.

Hobbies: Drawing and working out

Favorite Food: Any kind of African dish 

Perfect First Date: The perfect first date would be at a  New York Knicks game followed by dessert at “Serendipity” in downtown Manhattan.

Favorite Book: The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway.

Traits you look for in a girl: How ambitious and confident she is, her style, how she carries herself, and how well cultured and open-minded she is

Blondes or Brunettes: Brunettes

What is your guilty pleasure song?  “Copacabana” by Barry Manilow

What is the sexiest thing a girl can wear? Anything that’s form-fitting and accentuates her body.

What is the first thing you notice in a girl? Her body and how she walks

Do you like when the girl makes the first move? Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with a girl making the first move. It shows how confident she is.

Mary is a senior at St. Ambrose University majoring in English and journalism. She is originally from Naperville, IL and hopes to one day be back in Chicago. In the past Mary has interned for Sourcebooks, a publishing company in Naperville, and this past year she studied abroad in London and interned at Parliament. She hopes to one day be an editor in publishing at a magazine or at a publishing group like Penguin. Besides being the founding editor of Her Campus St. Ambrose, Mary is also a writing tutor at St. Ambrose. In her free time, she loves to travel, hang out with family and friends, and shop a little bit too much at Gap and J. Crew!