{"id":5430,"date":"2015-04-02T21:16:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"student-builds-foundation-for-the-future-through-extracurriculars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2015\/04\/02\/student-builds-foundation-for-the-future-through-extracurriculars\/","title":{"rendered":"Student builds \u2018foundation for the future\u2019 through extracurriculars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flor Flores is a junior double majoring in Marketing and International Business and a Walton scholar from Panama, as well as the American Marketing Association (AMA) vice president and the student in charge of organizing the &#8220;Fash Bash&#8221; fashion show on April 16.<\/p>\n<p>Flores even runs her own fashion blog called www.florkflores.com.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I started a blog about a year and a half ago just for fun,&#8221; Flores said. &#8220;Of course it started out just in Spanish because that&#8217;s my (native) language. Since I was little, I&#8217;ve always liked to model and I&#8217;ve always liked fashion. I started to add fashion posts to my blog as much as I could.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Coming to Harding, Flores said she was not sure about majoring in fashion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to study fashion at first,&#8221; Flores said. &#8220;I think business is a broad subject to study. I would love to have a fashion brand someday with clothing, shoes and accessories. I&#8217;m thinking about getting a master&#8217;s degree in fashion. This is how I plan to link my major with my fashion interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Flores also acts as the social media director for the International Business Society, marketing director of Smiles for Christ, activities director for women&#8217;s social club Ko Jo Kai and works in the bookstore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very afraid of the future,&#8221; Flores said. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I do so many things, to build a good foundation for my future. I&#8217;m not the kind of person that can sit in the library all day just studying \u2026 I think Harding is a great place to focus and have many professional or extra-curricular activities besides just studying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore Oscar Crespo is a very close friend to Flores.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Flores) is a very dedicated person and she works really hard for what she wants,&#8221; Crespo said. &#8220;I love all of the things she does because she has a purpose. She&#8217;s busy every single day and she&#8217;s never wasting time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senior Cheyenne Little said she met and became close friends with Flores in speech class her junior year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did an \u2018about me&#8217; speech and talked a lot about my love for Ko Jo Kai,&#8221; Little said. &#8220;She came up to me (afterward) saying she was interested in joining our club. I encouraged her to do the club process, and before I knew it she was (joining) Kojies and was selected as my little.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Little said that her and Flores have remained close friends, and that Flores&#8217; hard work and determination have been an inspiration to her.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I were to give advice to the students, I would tell them that they need to get out of their comfort zone,&#8221; Flores said. &#8220;Just try to participate and get involved. 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